ENG 224- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 17 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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The essay writing process: the first ideas are (almost always) not best ideas, rather than write your paper in one sitting, build it in stages. The parts of an essay: introductory paragraph: the introduction sets the stage for the discussion to follow. Rather than begin with a generalization about texts, readers, or the genre of children"s literature, introduce your text and your focus in the first sentence. Draft your introduction last - you don"t know what you are introducing until the bulk of the essay is well under way. Your introductory paragraph must end with a thesis statement: the thesis statement. Needs to be one claim that effectively controls the essay (eg, if your making a claim about. Bezus and ramona you can"t stray and talk about their parents) The claim needs to be debatable rather than self-evident. (imagine your paper is half of a debate. Come up with ideas that are supported by the text)
