Discussion

Gonzalez 2

Your Name:

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English 1302: CRN ______

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Tree Diagram or Informal Outline of Essay One: Add a formal MLA style heading and header (Replace the name in the header with your last name). Write on this document. Use as much space as you need to list your points and organize your preliminary outline of essay one. After completing the prewriting and reviewing the Essay One Assignment and the Formal Outline structure, you will be ready to plan the outline for the short story that you have selected to analyze. You will write about one story, either “Desiree’s Baby” or “Sweetness.” Prepare to share your preliminary thesis with a small group in a discussion forum on the 8th.

Due Date: Monday, October 4 (Prepare for thesis analysis small discussion forum). Submit this document typed to the Tree Diagram Submission Folder. Then, begin developing the essay in the formal outline.

Informal Outline of Main Body of Essay: Planning Essay One (Confirmation Section of formal outline) State the subtopics in the order you present them in your thesis; then, list four or more details to develop each subtopic paragraph and include at least one quote from the story to support each section of the body of your essay. Limit the quote to no more than one sentence unless the sentences are very short.

This outline is referred to as a tree diagram to emphasize how your ideas are growing and branching out from the foundation of your essay or the trunk and roots of your tree. These are your preliminary ideas and will be developed as you write your formal outline.

Thesis Sentence: State your narrowed topic, your claim or argumentative interpretation of the author’s purpose in the short story and suggest the four subtopics your paper will consider to support this claim.

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You will delete these lines when typing your thesis. They are here to remind you to write the thesis first!

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