English 1121

Evaluating Expository Essays -- More Planning

1.) Who have you chosen as the audience for this essay?  (If you have not yet chosen an audience, perhaps list some possibilities you are considering.)

2.) What are you thinking is your “thesis idea” at this point?  In other words, are you going to recommend this book to your audience or not?  (Be as clear as you can here.  And, if you feel one way but you are going to recommend the opposite, be clear about that.)

3.) What “reasons” or “main ideas” or “main points” are you going to use to support your recommendation?

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b.) ________________________________________________________________________________

c.) ________________________________________________________________________________

d.) ________________________________________________________________________________

e.) ________________________________________________________________________________

4.) What ideas are you going to use to represent the “other side” of the argument?  In other words, what “opposing points” are you going to use?

a.) ________________________________________________________________________________

b.) ________________________________________________________________________________

c.) ________________________________________________________________________________

d.) ________________________________________________________________________________

e.) ________________________________________________________________________________

5.) What are you “stuck on” at this point?  Or, what are you not-so-sure about at this point?  Or, what questions do you have about this essay at this point?