ENG 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thesis Statement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Jeanie Warnock

Document Summary

You may use all course notes, the reader, and the handbook. You are also strongly encouraged to bring along a dictionary. You will be expected to properly cite and document your material on the exam. Goal: to demonstrate critical reading, critical thinking, paraphrasing, synthesizing, and summarizing skills. Instructions: read the essay that accompanies the exam and answer the following questions in complete sentences. *identify and articulate (in your own words) the argument/main idea of the essay, its implied thesis (if any), and its overall purpose. *summarize (in your own words) the main points of the argument. Questions will also ask you to do some or all of the following: *identify and discuss a thread, binary or organizing contrast; *consider the essay"s appeals to logic, emotion, and ethics; *evaluate the essay"s argument in terms of its use of evidence, its logic (eg. identify logical fallacies); and its biases and unstated assumptions or warrants;