For this assignment, you will submit a document where you plan out your final essay, and write the first two body paragraphs of your essay.
Rhetorical Star
Answer the following questions in this assignment:
What/who is your subject?
Who is your audience?
What is the purpose of your paper?
What writing strategy are you writing? This will either be:
Explaining a process
Comparing and contrasting
Evaluating
Solving a problem
Organization
You should provide an outline of how your paper will be organized.
“””My method used for my essay will be Block Organization”””
Block Organization:
The first is Block, where you share your points of comparison for the first subject/item, and then you share your points of comparison for the second subject/item.
I. Introduction
a. Provide an overview of the two items you are comparing and contrasting
b. End with your thesis statement
II. Subject/Item A (This will be several paragraphs, as each Point of Comparison will have its own paragraph)
a. Point of Comparison 1
b. Point of Comparison 2
c. Point of Comparison 3
III. Subject/Item B (This will be several paragraphs, as each Point of Comparison will have its own paragraph)
a. Point of Comparison 1
b. Point of Comparison 2
c. Point of Comparison 3
IV. Conclusion
a. Restate your thesis statement to remind your audience of what the purpose of the paper was.
b. Without adding any new information, state the importance of the similarities and differences between the two items.
c. You can also state a final recommendation here (ex. Which subject/item is superior)
First Two Paragraphs
Write your first two paragraphs of your essay. This will be the introduction (with the thesis statement) and your first body paragraph. Review Chapter 3: Writing Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays in your textbook to see examples of thesis statements and attention-getters
My essay writing style is comparing and contrasting for this one…This is in reference to I Am Legend/The Omega Man…
