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This document provides instructions for an essay assignment. Students are asked to choose one of three provided readings and write a 400 word essay analyzing how the author presents their argument and organizes the essay. The summary should build to a clear thesis. The body will discuss specific aspects that support the main idea. A conclusion should revisit the thesis and provide an overall evaluation.

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Essay 2

This document provides instructions for an essay assignment. Students are asked to choose one of three provided readings and write a 400 word essay analyzing how the author presents their argument and organizes the essay. The summary should build to a clear thesis. The body will discuss specific aspects that support the main idea. A conclusion should revisit the thesis and provide an overall evaluation.

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Essay 2

English 0950

Read the following readings from Models for Writers:


• “No More Pep Rallies” by Etta Kralovec, page 86
• “One Idea” by Norman Mailer, page 480
• “In Praise of the F Word” by Mary Sherry, page 510

Choose one of these readings and write an essay of at least 400 words that analyzes
how that text works. Explore how the author presents his/her argument and
organizes the essay. Refer to specific aspects of the text and cite language from the
essay to support your reading of that essay.

Begin your essay with a succinct summary of the reading, building to a clear thesis
that presents your analysis of how the text works. The body of your essay will
discuss specific aspects of the reading that you find important in terms of how the
author presents and supports a main idea. Then end your essay with a conclusion
that effectively wraps up and revisits your thesis, providing an overall evaluation
of the reading.

We will hold a drafting workshop in class on Thursday, 12 February; bring your


planning materials to class to work on a rough draft of your essay. Bring your draft
to class on Tuesday, 17 February, when we will hold a revision workshop. Use the
feedback you receive from your classmates to prepare a final draft.

The finished essay is due to me via email at [email protected] on Thursday, 19


February, and graded essays will be returned by the end of the day on Thursday,
26 February.

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