ENG 1100 Lecture 1: 1Essay Writing
12 Mar 2016
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Sophists taught the techniques of persuasion: entered as an insult; to accuse someone of sophists means to accuse someone of trying to change our minds for personal game. May come from culture/tradition we live in) ex: people may appeal to the authority/rightness of the bible: pathos: (appeal to emotion. Nature of it is so the persuasion/manipulation is clear. Title hint on thesis, gives direction. Thesis very speci c and approachable, argument you are making in which the essay is going to answer. Begin with a general topic ( nd something other than global warming, marijuana) 1st step is to think of your thesis as some type of question you can nd the answer to (can still be a broad title. ex: does global warming really exist?) Ex: global warming may begin asking if global warming is real, what causes is? continue argument by stating it is caused by a particular gas.
