Questions and Topics for Wednesday's Discussion
As you read Samantha Grindell's essay from SAR consider these issues:- How does it work? What does it say?
1. Title-How does it work? What does it say?
2. Topic- What is the topic?
3. Thesis. Where is the Thesis explicitly stated and what is it?
4. What audience has the author selected- How does that affect reminders and explanations?
5. What Conversations are hinted at? What conversation is joined?
6. The use of anecdotal and statistical evidence- Downshifting to details and examples.
7. Direct Quotation and close paraphrase.
8. The Transition between introduction and body, between paragraphs, and to conclusion.
9. Logic used for argument: Evidence, theory, speculation, assumptions.
10. Conclusion_ how does it fit logically? What is its direct connection to title, topic, and Thesis.