Here's a list of all the things your essay must include:
ESSAY FOR TOMORROW
Defend or refute the following question in a well written multi paragraph, thesis driven essay.
In Jon K’s Into the Wild, is Chris McCandless a visionary or a fool? Why or why not?
Use 2 direct quotations from the text to support your answer.
Heading:
- Name
- Class Info
- Date
- Title -centered and creative (Not underlined)
Intro:
- Attention getter: quote, question, fact-make sure ti cite the sorce
- Explain attention getter
- Background info on text (Into the Wild- what it’s about)
- Thesis: title, author, restate question, answer question, and why
Thesis Example: In Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Chris McCandless is a visionary/fool because...
1. he took a quest to find himself through abandoning his family; living alone in Alaska.
2. he went on a journey to discover himself by letting material possessions go and “living of the land.”
Body:- Topic Sentence (restatement of out thesis)
- Set up first point
- Lead-in quote, “quote” (Krakauer 67)
- Explain quote- what does the quote mean, how does it connect to topic sentence, and thesis
- Transition
- Set up second point
- Lead-in quote, “quote” (Krakauer 67)
- Explain quote- what does the quote mean, how does it connect to topic sentence, and thesis
- Concluding sentence
Concluding sentence example: Clearly by separating himself and living in solitary he accomplished his journey and is a visionary/fool.
Conclusion:
- Restate thesis
- Review point made
- End with a satisfying conclusion (tie back to attention getter)
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