1. Questions on Argument Essay

2. Audience? Educated, college-level
Have read the stories, but not recently
Use academic vocabulary
Formal tone
Don’t summarize the whole story
Give concise context for story details and textual evidence

3. Structure of Body Paragraphs
Topic Sentence
CD (concrete detail)
CM (commentary)
Concluding Sentence

4. How many pieces of textual evidence?
Absolute minimum – 4
Utilize at least 2 other concrete details from the story
(total 9 concrete details)

5. Tips for Writing My Hook
Remember to establishing context for the topic. See writing prompt.
Use an interesting quote, saying, or expression. Elaborate to connect with topic.
Begin with a surprising statistic or shocking statement (that you can explain later and connect with your topic)

6. How to Embed Quotations
Name/ Says
Mrs. Mallard says, “Go away. I’m not making myself ill” (Chopin 637).
The speaker in the poem reveals that Richard Cory was “…richer than a king” (Robinson 668).

7. How to Embed Quotations
Use a compound sentence
Frederick Douglass reveals that Mrs. Auld quit teaching him to read, and she “became violent in her opposition” to it (Douglass 499).
Mrs. Mallard’s husband had “…never looked save with love upon her”; nonetheless, she was relieved to learn he was dead (Chopin 637).

8. How to Embed Quotations
Use a complex sentence
Although Mrs. Mallard’s husband “…had never looked save with love upon her,” she was relieved to learn he was dead (Chopin 637).
Since Mrs. Auld became “violent in her opposition” to Frederick reading, he traded white boys bread for lessons (Douglass 497).

9. How to Transition from One CD to Another
Use transition words (similarly, in addition, likewise)
See handout, especially the section
add information

10. How to Conclude Without Repeating
State the broader significance of the topic
Relate to modern day
Intro
Conclusion