Use This Post As An Essay Development Tool

Use This Post As An Essay Development Tool

Use this post as an essay development tool. You have already presented a potential thesis and some content for the final essay in your Issue Summary 2. And you have all received some peer and instructional feedback. If you now look ahead and review what will change for the Research Essay you develop from that work, you'll see that you're being asked to refine your analysis voice a bit further: BUT, for this essay, you will shift your approach a bit. Instead of the "best ever" logic applied to the Issue Summary, refine your claim voice and seek out a strong analysis thesis.

This could, for example, shift your focus to a historical study of the cultural arena you worked on (i.e., "Although their music at times appropriated Black blues, The Beatles influenced later popular music in the following unprecedented ways: "). This will line up your evidence responsibilities and will also control your central idea so that it is not too broad and bombastic. You'll notice that my hypothetical thesis here uses a great technique-- the 'although clause'-- and perhaps guesses at one of the possible counterarguments a peer would have left for you on your Issue Summary 2! Now you are incorporating it here as an important consideration or opposition that will be dealt with in the essay's argument.

That's a major component: demonstrating meaningful, thoughtful incorporation of Issue Summary peer feedback (and also any instructor grading remarks/feedback) toward effective revision and development. OK, so for this post, go ahead and devise a draft thesis that follows these loose guidelines and starts to build that sort of longer essay. And then go ahead and try to develop a substantial body paragraph that presents that potential counter argument your peer suggested in a way that still helps you build and defend YOUR main point. 200+ words.