Battle Royal by Ralph Eddison 1. Write piece of fiction. Please…
Question Answered step-by-step Battle Royal by Ralph Eddison 1. Write piece of fiction. Please… Battle Royal by Ralph Eddison 1. Write piece of fiction. Please don’t consider this the easier option. For some of you, it may be, but most of you probably have a lot more experience (practice) writing expository essays. Think of the stories we’ve read. Think about how they create a world through the senses. Think about how they have a complex, believable character capable of creating action (plot) and being changed by that action. For your paper to get a B or above, it should have a clear, concise thesis statement. This is the most important part of your paper. Most of the essays I’ve read for this class did not have a strong thesis statement. Don’t be afraid to jump right in and state your thesis early in the first paragraph. Please note, if your thesis is something that ANY reasonable person who read the work in question would arrive at, it is NOT a good thesis. A good thesis is argumentative. It requires proving. That’s what the rest of your paper should do. Note: Students often think that, when writing, you start with your thesis statement and then write the paper; let me suggest that more often, it is a two-way street—you start with a tentative thesis statement and then AS you write your paper and make its various points, you hone and revise your thesis, which in turn leads you to make stronger points. And so on. For your body paragraphs, start each paragraph with a topic sentence of your own prose that makes a claim that supports your thesis, and use quotations as evidence for your points and as objects of inquiry. As a rule, you should have at least one quotation in each body paragraph of your essay. If you quote a longer passage (a sentence or more), be sure to follow the quotation with a sentence of your own which points out what exactly is important or worth noticing in the quoted material: word-choice, phrasing, imagery, etc. A strong conclusion will restate your thesis statement in the process of concluding your paper, and may put it in a greater context looking outward. Arts & Humanities English Literature ENG 101 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
