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Step 1: The Plan
* Take 2-3 minutes at start
* Answer these questions:
1. What’s your position?
2. What narrower idea?
3. Which two examples?
Choosing examples
* 1 current event/historic, 1 literature
* Specific, specific, specific!
* Research : 2-3 current,3-4 history, 4-5 literature
* Only excellent personal examples
* Be familiar with your examples
Example prompt
Which is more important: personally fulfilling work or high paying work?
Example Plan
1. Position: personally fulfilling work is more important.
2. Specific aspect: individuals who are extremely wealthy but find fulfillment in other work
* Sense of achievement measures of importance
3. Examples: Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy and Huckleberry Finn giving up fortune
Step 2. CABE Introduction
* Contradiction: the view opposite from your side
* Assertion: “However,” followed by your own position
* Because : Basic reasoning behind your position and ‘a narrow point about a specific area’
* Examples. Summarize the two examples you have chosen. Specify and use strong verbs.
Example Introduction : CABE
Contradiction : Assertion : Because : Example
CONTRADICTION] In our modern capitalist society, prosperity is considered the ultimate goal in many pursuits.
ASSERTION] However, prosperity cannot be considered achievement.
BECAUSE] Indeed, those who achieve great wealth often discover that fulfilling work provides a far deeper sense of achievement than the accumulation of wealth.
EXAMPLES] The benefits of fulfilling work are illustrated in the philanthropic acts of Andrew Camegie, a steel industry executive, and the river escapades of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s best known character.
Step 3. Body Paragraph 1
* Topic Sentence: Brief 1 sentence description of example
* Information: 3-5 sentences on the “story”
* Be detailed but relevant
* Link : 2-3 sentences connecting to thesis
* Golden Rule :...
* Take 2-3 minutes at start
* Answer these questions:
1. What’s your position?
2. What narrower idea?
3. Which two examples?
Choosing examples
* 1 current event/historic, 1 literature
* Specific, specific, specific!
* Research : 2-3 current,3-4 history, 4-5 literature
* Only excellent personal examples
* Be familiar with your examples
Example prompt
Which is more important: personally fulfilling work or high paying work?
Example Plan
1. Position: personally fulfilling work is more important.
2. Specific aspect: individuals who are extremely wealthy but find fulfillment in other work
* Sense of achievement measures of importance
3. Examples: Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy and Huckleberry Finn giving up fortune
Step 2. CABE Introduction
* Contradiction: the view opposite from your side
* Assertion: “However,” followed by your own position
* Because : Basic reasoning behind your position and ‘a narrow point about a specific area’
* Examples. Summarize the two examples you have chosen. Specify and use strong verbs.
Example Introduction : CABE
Contradiction : Assertion : Because : Example
CONTRADICTION] In our modern capitalist society, prosperity is considered the ultimate goal in many pursuits.
ASSERTION] However, prosperity cannot be considered achievement.
BECAUSE] Indeed, those who achieve great wealth often discover that fulfilling work provides a far deeper sense of achievement than the accumulation of wealth.
EXAMPLES] The benefits of fulfilling work are illustrated in the philanthropic acts of Andrew Camegie, a steel industry executive, and the river escapades of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s best known character.
Step 3. Body Paragraph 1
* Topic Sentence: Brief 1 sentence description of example
* Information: 3-5 sentences on the “story”
* Be detailed but relevant
* Link : 2-3 sentences connecting to thesis
* Golden Rule :...