ESSAY ACCOMPANIMENT FOR FINAL DRAFT OF STEP-BY-STEP
(Start using it for the first draft, writing in pencil.)
The
thesis of this paper is:
Audience
Analysis: What are their interests, what
do they want to know, and what assumptions can you make about them? What specific questions will they want
answered? Remember they will keep
reading only if you hold their interest.
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Purpose analysis: What do you hope to accomplish with your
readers? (Your thesis usually suggests
your purpose.) My purpose is: |
I created these topic sentences to
develop and expand my thesis; each point is developed this way:
1. Topic
sentence:
Developed by the
following details (examples, statistics, etc.):
Do my topic sentence, examples, and
details support my thesis? If not,
revise now.
2. Topic
sentence:
Developed by the
following details (examples, statistics, etc.):
Do my topic sentence, examples, and
details support my thesis? If not,
revise now.
3. Topic
sentence:
Developed by the
following details (examples, statistics, etc.):
Do my topic sentence and details
support my thesis? If not, revise now.
Read the first two sentences of your
introduction. Why would your reader
continue reading beyond these two sentences?
How do you provide the reader with a satisfying conclusion?