ENG

I .Introduction

A. Rhetorical situation

B. Introduce author and text

C. Discuss author’s purpose

D. Thesis claim which argues the effectiveness (or not) of the text and identifies which rhetorical

devises you will discuss

II. Body paragraph 1

Brief summary of text (no more than one paragraph; if you have already done this to your own

satisfaction in the introduction, you can skip this step)

III. Body paragraph 2

A. Topic sentence which makes a claim about the text and provides a reason for your thesis

B. Cited examples from the text that support your topic sentence and develop your thesis

C. Your explanation of how the examples you chose develop your claim and why they work

D. Transitional sentence(s)

IV. Body paragraph 3

A. Topic sentence which develops your thesis, making an evaluative claim about the text

B. Cited examples from the text that support this paragraph’s topic sentence, developing your thesis

C. Your explanation of how the examples you chose develop your claim and why they work

D. Transitional sentence(s) (this statement might simply help readers move from the ideas you

discuss in one paragraph to the next or it may remind them of your thesis claim, your larger argument)

V. Body paragraph 4

A. Topic sentence which makes another claim, further developing your thesis

B. Cited examples from the text that support this topic sentence

C. Your explanation of how the examples you chose develop your claim and why they work

D. Transitional sentence(s)

VI. Body paragraph 5

A. Topic sentence which further develops your thesis

B. Cited examples from the text

C. Your explanation of how the examples you chose develop your claim and why the work

D. Transitional sentence(s)

VII. Body paragraph 6

A. Topic sentence that even further develops your thesis

B. Cited examples from the text

C. Your explanation of how the examples you chose develop your claim and why the work

D. Transitional sentence(s), probably reminding readers of your controlling idea, your thesis

VIII. Conclusion

A. A reminder of your main ideas but in different words, of course

B. Explanation of what the author might have done to improve the text

C. A thought-provoking idea that leaves readers something to think about