ATTENTION KIM WOODS

The introduction contains your thesis (the main statement of argument for the essay; what specifically and precisely is your point of view regarding the topic of the essay) and sets up the rest of the essay.

The introduction should be 5-7 sentences, give or take.

The thesis should establish your primary argument about the story/elements that you will analayze in the remainder of the paper.  What approaches will you take to the story and how do they help us to understand its meaning/theme. Every paper must have a clear point of view/statement of analysis that begins and guides the rest of the essay .

In short, then, the material posted here should include the INTRODUCTION which includes two components: a couple of lines of "set-up" introducing us to the topic and specific story under analysis. THEN a specific thesis (or statement of argument in 1-3 lines that presents explicitly the main point of view of the paper. For each statement indicate ONE or MORE details from the story that will be used to support your claims. 

A thesis is NOT a statement of fact, a question or a plan for the essay (I will do this, then that, etc.); it is a statement of what your primary analyitcal point is that will guide the remainder of the essay. 

 The “points-to-make” list should include at least THREE statements, expressed in full sentences that indicate the main ideas you need to make in the rest of the essay in order to support the thesis. What does the paper have to develop and analyze in order to support fully the  thesis and provide a detailed analysis of the story and chosen elements? Then provide a description (or quotation) of support from the story that will be used to support this material.

Keep in mind that these points in the paper should follow a logical pattern; in short they build on each other and establish a cumulative argument where the new point develops from the previous point and establishes a clear structure in the essay. 

Here is the story to write from: The Signal" | Vsevolod Garshin.  http://www.classicreader.com/book/2150/1/ POST the INTRODUCTION/THESIS/POINTS TO MAKE/SUPPORT  by  

No more than paragraph please.