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Connect the situation and/or your position to something the reader/audience can relate to historically or socially; Briefly preview (don't list) the arguments you're going to make; State the thesis in a way that links to the arguments you previewed and should provide and answer to the prompt. NAME_____________
POINT (Idea), EVIDENCE (What does the text say?), EXPLANATION (what the evidence mean?), LINK (how/why does the evidence matter to the thesis statement?) NAME _____________
EXRA CREDIT: What others who disagree might say and why. Include why their view is wrong. NAME_____________
Restate the thesis, perhaps in a slightly different way than in the Intro.; Clearly but briefly repeat the separate arguments and how they were linked to your thesis; End the paragraph with a summarizing statement that leaves the reader/audience thinking about why your position is correct. NAME_____________
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