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WritingACriticalEssay:HitsandMisses—pointingtowardEssaySuccessIntroductionsShould

• Connectwiththereader• Clarifythesubjectorissue—i.e.statetheEssayQuestion• PresentthePOINTorthesis(orclaim)oftheessay(otherwiseknownastheanswerto

theessayquestion

GOODIntroduction

POORIntroduction

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GOODIntroduction

POORIntroduction

POORIntroduction

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Topic/Transition/LinkingSentencesSignal‐‐‐Link‐‐‐ReasonGOODTransition

POORTransition

GOODTransition

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POORTransition

GOODTransition

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GOODSecondarySupport/GOODUseofQuotes—good“sandwichingofquotes”

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MOREGOODSandwichingofQuotes

POORUseofQuotes

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GOODBodyParagraph—goodsecondarysupport,wellsandwiched,welldocumented

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MISMATCHEDSecondarySupport—POORTransitionsentence(too)

ONLYTWOSecondarySupports—THREEisbetter

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GOODWorksCitedPage

POORWorksCitedPage

POORWorksCited

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GOODWorksCited

POORWorksCited


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