Evalution

Evaluation Argument Structure

Paragraph 1: Intro – Briefly introduce and summarize the story you evaluated. Then, state your thesis/argument including the criteria you used to judge the story (Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is a good story because of X, Y, and Z)

Paragraph 2: Discuss your first criteria (X) and provide examples from the story to back up your claim about criteria X.

Paragraph 3: Discuss your second criteria (Y) and provide examples from the story to back up your claims about criteria Y.

Paragraph 4: Discuss your second criteria (Z) and provide examples from the story to back up your claims about criteria Z.

Paragraph 5: Conclusion – restate your thesis in detail, making sure to include the main points of each body paragraph.