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Bydrinkingenoughmartinis

Effect（what）:

Iwillsoondestroymyliver

See?

Drinkingmartinisanswers“why,”and“what“isansweredbymysoon-to-bedestroyedliver.Sotheactualtopicofyouressayisthemartini.

Youropinionorslantonthetopic:

drinkenoughofthemandyouwilldestroyyourliver.Soyourplanofdevelopmentorthreepointsofargumentwillbebasedonreasons“why”drinkingmartinisdestroystheliver.Youmustprovethatthecauseleadstotheeffect.

Nowdon’tbefooledbyaposthocfallacy.TheAmericanHeritageDictionarydefinesposthocas“inoroftheformofanargumentinwhichoneeventisassertedtobethecauseofalatereventsimplybythevirtueofhavinghappenedearlier.”Thecausemustyieldtheeffect.Becauseyouthrewsaltoveryourshoulderbeforeanairplaneflightandthenhadasafeflight,thereisnoevidencethatthesaltovertheshoulderisthereasonyourflightwassafe.Capish?

YouMUSTbackupyourclaimwithagoodargumentandreferencesthatbackupyourargument.

Herearesomeessentialrulesforthisessay:

Youmustofferatleasttwoworkscited

Youmusthaveatleastonequotationfromourreadings,properlycited.

YouressaymustbetypedinproperMLAformat

Thechecklistsandoutlineinthispacketmustbefilledoutandhandedin

Youwillhandinearlyroughdraftswithyouressay

Youwillread,orhaveanotherstudentread,youropeningparagraphtotheclass.

*Pleaseseethe“ChecklistforRequiredWork”:

formoreonthis,laterinthishandout.

Hereisyouressayprompt:

Whatincident,event,oroccurrencehappenedinyourlifethatmadeyourealizeyouaredifferentfromotherpeople?

EssayReview:

Whatisexpectedinthebasicessay.

IntroductoryParagraph

Introduction

Planofdevelopment:

points1.2.3

ThesisStatement

Theintroductionmustattractthereader.

Theplanofdevelopmentisalistofpointsthatsupportthethesis.Thepointsareofferedintheordertheyaregiven.

Thesis:

themainideaintwoparts:

topicandyouropinion.

FirstSupportingParagraph

Topicsentence（point1）

Specificevidence

Thetopicsentenceisthefirstsupportingpointforyourthesis,andthespecificevidencedelvesintoyoutopicsentence

SecondSupportingParagraph

Topicsentence（point2）

Thetopicsentenceadvancesthesecondsupportingpointforyourthesis,andthespecificevidencedevelopsthatpoint.

ThirdSupportingParagraph

Topicsentence（point3）

Thetopicsentenceadvancesthethirdsupportingpointforyourthesis,andthespecificevidencedevelopsthatpoint.

ConcludingParagraph

Summary,conclusionorboth

Asummaryisabroadrestatementofthethesisanditsmainpoints.AConclusionisafinalthoughtortowstemmingfromthesubjectofthepaper.

CommonMethodsofIntroduction.

1.BroadStatement:

Usingfactoryworkasanexample,youmightstartoutbysayingthefollowing:

Workinginafactorymightbeoneoftheworstjobs.Andthenyougointothespecificfactorythatyou’rewritingabout,forexample,aneggfactory.

2.Contrast:

Startwithanideathatistheoppositeoftheoneyouwilldevelop:

workinginanofficeisanice,cleanjob.Youhavecomfortablechairs,adesk,acomputer,acupofcoffeenearby,butworkinginafactorydoesnothavethenicetiesfoundinanoffice.

3.Relevance:

Whatmakesyourtopicspecial?

Convincethereaderthatthetopicappliestothemorisimportant.Somanyofourancestors,whentheyfirstcametothiscountry,foundthemselvesworkinginfactories.

4.Anecdote:

Aninterestingshortstorythatcoaxesthereaderintotheworldofyouressay.Thestoryshouldberelatedtoyourthesis.IoncemetamannamedVictorwhowasmissingtwoofhisfingers.Victortoldmethathelosthisfingersbecauseofanaccidentatwork.Hecaughthishandinthewheelsofaconveyorbeltattheeggfactorywhereheworked.

5.Quotation:

Quotesomethingfromyourresearch,orfindadictionaryquotethatrelatestoyourtopic:

“Perhapsitseemedtome,”WroteHenryDavidThoreau,“thatIhadseveralmorelivestolive,andcouldnotspareanytimeforthatone”（342）.ThisishowIfeltafterworkinginaneggfactoryfortwoyears.Ihadotherlivestolive.Ihadwastedenoughofmylifehere.

Theconcludingparagraphshouldsummarizetheessaybyrestatingthethesisandevenrestatingthemainsupportingpoints.Also,theconclusionbringsyourpapertoagracefulend,leavingthereaderwithafinalthoughtonthesubject.Hereiswhereyougettoofferyouropiniononthesubject.

ThreeWaystoConcludeYouPaperusingLaJollaShores（alocalbeach）asanexample.

1.Endwithasummaryorfinalthought:

LaJollaShores,then,isoneofthemostinvitingbeachesinSanDiego.Thebeachestherearewider,cleaner,andsafer.ItisnotsurprisingthatagrowingnumberofSanDiegansaretravelingtoLaJollaShorestoexperiencethisgreatbeach.

2.Athought-provokingquestion:

Appealtothereaderthatyoursubjectisbiggerthanyouressay.

Commentonanyoneofthese:

Thefuture

Whichchoiceshouldbemade

Whyisyoursubjectimportant

Wouldn’tLaJollaShoresbethebeachofchoiceforanyonewhowantstoexperienceanenjoyabledaybytheocean?

3.Apredictionorrecommendation

Evenwithitsgrowingpopularity,LaJollaShoreswillalwaysbethemostpleasantbeachexperiencesSanDiegohastooffer.

OutlineFormforEssays

ThesisStatement（paragraph#1）

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1stsupportingpointforparagraph#2（transitionfrompreviousparagraph:

First,etc.）

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Specificsupport#1____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Specificsupport#2__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Specificsupport#3__________________________________________________

Concludingremark

2ndsupportingpointforparagraph#3（transitionfrompreviousparagraph）

Specificsupport#1_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Concludingremark

3rdsupportingpointforparagraph#4（Transitionfrompreviousparagraph）

Specificsupport#1__________________________________________________

Concludingremark（tieintoyournextparagraph）

Conclusion:

（tie-in3pointsandthesis）

CauseandeffectChecklist

______IhavemadeitclearinmyopeningparagraphwhatcauseeffectIwillwriteabout.

______Iofferedagood,strongthesisandstucktothisthesisthroughoutmyessay.

_____Ihaveofferedthreepoints（planofdevelopment）inwhichtoexplorethecauseandeffectIchose.

_____Istucktomymethodofdevelopment.

_____IhaveusedtransitionwordsasImovedtoeac