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AW Fall 2013:  Lesson 4

10/19/2013

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Hi everyone,

Can you believe one month has already passed!  After next week, we'll be one-third through our semester.  

Introduction Structure:

In the first part of class, we learned about the different parts of an introduction:  
a.    hook
b.    general statements
c.    thesis statement

You can choose from five different hooks: 
a.  quotes
b.  rhetorical questions
c.  statistics
d.  interesting facts

Thesis Statements:
We also learned how to write a thesis statement.  You need to include your main idea and your three sub-topics in your thesis statement.   

Homework:

1.  Write your Introduction
  • email by October 22 before 12noon

(no blog question this week)

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