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.

 

 

 

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?

 

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