Styling Up Your Opening and Closing Arguments: September 13, 2017

Focus: How do we open and close our essays in a compelling way?

1. Warming up with a goal and a little image-inspired creative writing

2. Writing what you really want to get across in your intro and/or conclusion

Introductions:

• Establish who/what/when/where/why?
• Define important terms you'll be using.
• Funnel down into your thesis, which should be the last sentence.

Conclusions:

• Wrap up your argument without restating it word for word.
• Establish why your hysteria is important in a larger context. How does it connect to other hysterias? To who we are as a country? To what we fear and what we do to feel safe?
• Offer solutions or ideas about why there's a lack of resolution.

3. Reminding you of your class guidelines as a source for great ideas for your introduction and conclusion

4. Self-assessing areas of strength and need with the official rubric

5. (Re)introducing you to www.turnitin.com with a focus on how it serves you

• Click HERE for Class ID, enrollment key, and general guidelines.

HW:
1. Revise / add to your essay tonight so that you're ready for peer editing tomorrow.

2. The new due date for the final draft of this essay is Tuesday, September 19. You're welcome. Remember to submit it to www.turnitin.com by 3:00 pm.

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