The thesis statement for Writing Project 2 should inform the reader of the article or the author you have selected to serve as the focus of your Reader Response to a Text essay. If you recall from the notes given in the Announcements,the sample thesis statement and topics are as follows:Henry David Thoreau’s use of hyperbaton, anastrophe, and cumulative sentences yields incongruous thinking and being in his “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For.”Body Paragraph 1 – hyperbatonBody Paragraph 2 – anastropheBody Paragraph 3 – cumulative sentencesBody Paragraph 4 – incongruous thinkingBody Paragraph 5 – incongruous beingFor this assignment, post your thesis statement and the one-to-three-word subjects of each paragraph. (Be sure to test the thesis statement by composing its antithesis and see General Essay Structure Notes for assistance.) Then read and provide critical feedback to your classmates’ thesis statements and subjects. You should attach responding threads directly to their work. Aim for no less than five students to critique, and if you find that five others have already responded to one you select, read and comment on another.As a reader, you are assessing whether or not the thesis statement works. So, consider the following questions: Is the sentence debatable? Does the sentence prepare the reader for a discussion on one of the assigned articles? Does it indicate in what direction the essay will aim or what will be its primary focus? Do the subjects that are listed appear to be related to the thesis statement?Please carefully consider your work and the work of your classmates, and provide constructive not hurtful criticism.
