Your essay should include an accurate thesis statement that makes a claim about the methods the author uses to make and support his or her argument. The thesis statement may make an evaluation.
Accurately summarize ideas from the texts that support your claim.
Critically analyze how the ideas presented in the readings work to support your claim about the ways the essay makes an argument
Create organized paragraphs that focus on one way the author makes or supports the argument
For this essay, you will analyze how the article makes its argument by using sufficient textual evidence to support your claim. You should write your essay for people who are NOT in this class and are not familiar with the texts. This means youll need to spend some time summarizing key ideas, defining any unfamiliar terms, and choosing short supporting quotations. This includes examining background information so that you can be familiar with the context of the argument.
Prompt 1: What is the authors main argument and what strategies does he or she use to support it?
