Monday, 9/19: Thesis and Outline

* Review Your Work Together

Four paragraph fandango!

So, we reviewed two essay structures last week. Today, we add some more to suit a wider range of thesis statements.

1. Here's a bread-and-butter approach. Notice that the contrast comes second because that's usually where your stronger argument occurs. The difference in theology is where you best exercise your mind and win witty bonus points. If you are doing the art comparison, however, it will probably be wiser to go from contrast to comparison as they are already clearly different works of art, what counts is how they relate.




2. Say you want to take a clear stand, go one way or the other. That will produce a better argument, and here is the structure for you. The implied comparison means that you will mention and over-rule superficial comparisons along the way (for this structure in the art response, see 5):




3. Because you love to do it all!




4. You like to eat from plastic plates with clear divisions, walls; no peas in the gravy!




5. Recommended for the arthouse projects:




HW: Revise; return with glory to peer edit tomorrow (so nothing new, just rewrite your thesis and topics to suit your chosen structure and maximize awesomeness)

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