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Organizing the Analytical Essay: Evidence and Commentary — Homework

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Organizing the Analytical Essay: Evidence and Commentary — Homework

Draft one full body paragraph, using this week's structure, about your Week 13 thesis.

  1. 1.Name the three parts of a strong analytical body paragraph, in order.
  2. 2.Explain what a "quote-and-run" paragraph is missing.
  3. 3.Revise this weak pair into one smoothly embedded sentence with specific commentary: "Austen writes that it is a truth universally acknowledged. This shows the book is about marriage."
  4. 4.Draft one full body paragraph (topic sentence, embedded evidence, specific commentary) developing your Week 13 thesis.
  5. 5.Apply the specificity test to your own commentary sentence above: could it be bolted onto a different piece of evidence unchanged? Explain your answer.
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