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Notes on how to write an MLA format essay. Essay 1 is the first assignment of the class, these are the notes on how to make it and the techniques used. ...

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English 100 NOTES

TEN WAYS TO BEGIN AN INTRODUCTION: 1- Draft the rest of the essay and use the conclusion as your intro base 2-Use an adage, proverb, or piece of advice in an unique way 3- Give an interesting quote 4- Narrate an anecdote 5- State an interesting fact on unexpected detail/point 6- Use a provocative statement 7- Define an important term 8- Pose an interesting question 9-Describe an unexpected POV 10- Show that an unforeseen problem exists Feb 12, 2019 -Intro gets to the subject right away. -1st person anecdotes - Are interesting -are relatable - make sure you dont take over the paper -TSs take a provocative stance. -TSs ALL have the term in them. IMPORTANT THINGS FOR AN “A” DRAFT 1- Body paragraph sentences connect to burdens of proof 2- Conclusion provides sense of unity 3- Read out loud to catch a flow 4- Make everything connect 5- NO RESEARCH (If you add a percentage or any sort of number you get a 0 on your paper!!!!) 6- 3rd person 7-MLA 8- Look for accidental Tss 9-Lots of discussion of examples - ANALYZE! 10- Avoid competing arguments on the introduction 11- Don't just summarize 12- Describe things with a LOT of detail, paint it. Not just make random drawing on the

paper 13- Make sure that all of yout Tts ALL HAVE THE TERM IN THEM. WHAT IS A BURDEN OF PROOF? Burdens of proof are the arguments or points that must be made in a paper to fully prove the thesis statement, that is, to convince a reader of a thesis statement’s validity. In other words, they are the requirements that logically follow from the claim made in any thesis statement. If each burden of the thesis is not adequately discussed, the claim will be less credible, and the paper will be unsatisfying. Example 1: The use of steroids in college sports should be more tightly regulated. Burdens of Proof : ● show the reasons for, and dangers of, steroid use ● establish how steroid use is currently being monitored ● show why steroid use in college should be more tightly regulated K

You might think of burdens of proof as the links in the chain of logic that a writer must create to convince the reader to accept the conclusion proposed in the thesis statement. Because the burdens of proof suggest the chain of reasoning the paper must take, they also work as a structuring device for the paper— a skeleton on which the supporting paragraphs of the paper are built. In short, the burdens of proof are what you write about in the paper.

Using W questions: - Ask open ended questions - Dont actually write the question down, just ask it in your head Something else: - Identify what could be developed on the paragraphs so you can reach the word count THESAUROSCOPING: -Thesauroscoping, a tool for contrasting synonyms and comparing antonyms. - Contrast=differences

-Synonyms= similar meanings -> Words that are synonymous to LOVE - Passion, affection, infatuation, attraction, lust, adoration... -Compare=Similarities To love as well -> Hate, despise, disinterest. Disgust, abhor... -Cintonyms=Opposite To add to my essay, she wants to see these on the drafts next week: -Thesauroscoping - W questions answered - Make sure that every sentence in paragraph clearly connects to TS -Make sure your paragraph has too many claims competing for attention. Make it one or two claims tops. Analyse (use the w questions as an example to help you) and discuss all claims and connect all claims and analysis back to the TS - Review those lists from the previous week “Qualities for an A paper” paper/outline lists

Feb 26, 2019 notes -

The subject of this paper is rhetorical appeals and goals with a political or activist speech. Aristocles rhetorical appeals: Rhetoric - the art of persuasion

LOGOS (logic): Involves the use of persuading by the use of reasoning - Facts - Theories accepted within credible scientific or scholarly communities - Statistics - Data - Inductive and deductive reasoning PATHOS (emotional) appeal: Involves persuasion by appealing to the readers emotions - Language choice - Emotional content - Anecdotes - Imagery - Tone (and all of its components of tone!) - POV - Showing emotion is not pathos. Evoking emotion is. - (If I just come up to the class and just say “my cat just died. That is not pathos,

but when you explain what happened and make people feel the suffering is pathos) ETHOS(appeal to credibility): Involves convincing the author by emphasising the character of the author. - Convincing the audience of the writer’s authority - Portraying the writers as someone who is likeable and worthy of respect - Establishing the credibility of sources - Listing credentials - Being credible is not ethos, talking about one’s credibility is! SOME BAD THINGS AND NOT TO DO ON PAPER 2 -

She doesn’t want to see one paragraph on pathos, ethos and one in logos. NO!...