1. Sample Intro Paragraph – Response to Lit
“A Retrieved Reformation”
By O. Henry

2. Love is a topic that is explored in countless movies, books, songs, and poems.

3. Love is a topic that is explored in countless movies, books, songs, and poems. Some people fall in and out of love easily, while others have strong, long-lasting love.

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Love is a topic that is explored in countless movies, books, songs, and poems. Some people fall in and out of love easily, while others have strong, long-lasting love.

5. Love is a topic that is explored in countless movies, books, songs, and poems. Some people fall in and out of love easily, while others have strong, long-lasting love. The short story “A Retrieved Reformation” explores the effects that true love can have on a person.

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Love is a topic that is explored in countless numbers of movies, books, songs, and poems. Some people fall in and out of love easily, while others have strong, long-lasting love. The short story “A Retrieved Reformation” explores the effects that love can have on a person.

7. Love is a topic that is explored in countless movies, books, songs, and poems. Some people fall in and out of love easily, while others have strong, long-lasting love. The short story “A Retrieved Reformation” explores the effects that true love can have on a person. O. Henry demonstrates that love can improve a person’s life forever.

8. Thesis
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Love is a topic that is explored in countless movies, books, songs, and poems. Some people fall in and out of love easily, while others have strong, long-lasting love. The short story “A Retrieved Reformation” explores the effects that true love can have on a person. O. Henry demonstrates that love can improve a person’s life forever.

9. Can people truly change for the better?
Using O. Henry’s “A Retrieved Reformation,” write an intro paragraph to an essay that answers this question.