The Moths by Helena Maria Viramontes Essay

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English 1302: CRN ______

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Tree Diagram or Informal Outline of Midterm Essay Two: Add a formal MLA style heading and header. Write on this document. Use as much space as you need to list your points and organize your preliminary outline of essay two.

Due Date: Friday, April 3 (develop ideas and use them to follow the formal outline in Module Three to write your first draft.) The due date is flexible as long as you submit it before your final essay is due on Sunday April 5.

Submit this document to the Tree Diagram Submission Folder in Module Three.

Informal Outline of Main Body of Essay: Planning Essay One (Confirmation Section) State the subtopics in the order you present them in your thesis; then, list four or more details to develop each subtopic and include at least one quote from the story to support each section of the body of your essay.

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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