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Tips on Writing the first Major Writing STEP 1: Determine what type of paper you are writing Is your paper: Analytical - paper breaks down an issue or idea into parts, evaluates the issue, and presents a break down to the audience Expository

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STEP 1: Determine what type of paper you are writing Tips on Writing the first Major Writing

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Is your paper:

Analytical- paper breaks down an issue or idea into parts, evaluates the issue, and presents a break down to the audience Expository- paper explains something Argumentative- paper justifies a claim with specific evidence (opinion-based)

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STEP 2: Determine Main Points & Collect Supporting Evidence

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Helpful Strategies

  • Re-read
  • Close read/“talk-to-the-text”
  • Take notes
  • Create categories
  • Find cause/effect relationships
  • Seek out facts
  • Define new vocabulary
  • Charts, diagrams, maps
  • Draft & revise
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About Providing Excellent Evidence

  • character names
  • places/setting
  • specific occurrences
  • textual evidence
  • facts
  • proves engagement and understanding
  • supports thesis, not opinion
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Let’s take a look at the Assignment for Major Writing #1 What evidence could we collect at this time?

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STEP 3: Write the Thesis Statement

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Thesis Statements do...

  • address the point of your paper
  • appear at the END of the first paragraph
  • state something a little strange
  • creates an argument that builds from one

point to the next, giving the paper direction

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Thesis Statements do NOT...

  • appear as the first sentence of

the paper

  • start with “In this paper, I will talk

about/address...”

Never Ever Do

NEVER EVER EVER

Never Ever Do

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Three-Tiered Thesis

  • provides three reasons to support

your position

  • each reason corresponds to each
  • f the three body paragraphs
  • includes author’s name and title of

book/text

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Examples:

In the memoir The Pact, Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt draw from their life experiences connected to ________, ________, and ________ to reveal how power is used and abused. Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt reveal how power is used and abused through their life experiences connected to ________, ________, and ________ in The Pact.

CP

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Examples:

In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe establishes connections through ________, ________, and ________ to reveal how power is used and abused. Achebe reveals how power is used and abused through experiences connected to ________, ________, and ________ in Things Fall Apart.

Honors

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When all else fails...

By looking at ________________, we can see _________________, which most readers do not see; this is important because __________________.

Try the Magical Thesis Statement (MTS):

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DO NOW:

  • Formulate a rough draft

statement for your Thesis Statement for Major Writing #1

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STEP 4: Collect Textual Evidence Why Use Textual Evidence in Your Paper?

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Textual Evidence Requirement:

  • At least 3 pieces of textual evidence

(actual words from the text) to support your opinion of your main points

  • Each must include:

a statement of fact + the page #

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Example:

Evidence- As Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt write, “On this night, racial profiling—the crime of driving while black—was just a truth shared among black men” (200-201). OR As stated in The Pact, “On this night, racial profiling—the crime of driving while black— was just a truth shared among black men” (Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt 200-201). Fact 1- The men faced many struggles, including instances of racial profiling where the police abused their power.

CP

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Example:

Evidence- As Achebe writes, “The birds gathered round to eat what was left . . . but before they left each took back the feather he had lent to Tortoise” (99). OR As stated in Things Fall Apart, “The birds gathered round to eat what was left . . . but before they left each took back the feather he had lent to Tortoise” (Achebe 99). Fact- Achebe utilizes symbolic folklore of the Igbo to foreshadow the coming of colonialism. Ekwefi tells the story of how the tortoise was deceived by the birds and...

Honors

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STEP 5: Create an Outline Use the “Masters” Plan to help you create an outline.

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USE A GRABBER SENTENCE REMEMBER to... ...and TRANSITION WORDS

(see handout on transition words)

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Transition Words

  • Maintain the flow of thought

They can be placed:

  • at the beginning of a sentence
  • at the end of a sentence
  • within the sentence
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When Organizing Paragraphs...

  • Topic sentences to begin each new

paragraph

  • Textual evidence to support your

statements

  • Last body paragraph contains your

strongest point

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Topic Sentences:

  • usually begin with a transition word
  • are the first sentence of each body paragraph
  • introduce the topic of the paragraph in a

clear, concise way (“mini thesis”)

  • reveal details and main ideas of the paragraph