ENG 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thesis Statement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Jeanie Warnock

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May use all course work, active reader, quick access, dictionary. Demonstrate critical reading, critical thinking, paraphrasing, synthesizing, summarizing skills. Identify and articulate the argument/main idea of the essay, implied thesis, overall purpose. Summarize in your own points the argument. Identify and discuss a thread, binary or organizing contrast. Co(cid:374)sider the essay"s appeals to logic, emotion, and ethics. E(cid:448)aluate the essay"s argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) ter(cid:373)s of its use of e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)ce, logic (cid:894)logical fallacies(cid:895), its biases and unstated assumptions or warrants. Assess the credibility of the essay as a source. E(cid:448)aluate the essay"s style a(cid:374)d rhetorical devices especially but also the introductory and concluding devices, descriptions and structure. Discuss how these devices help the essay"s purpose a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)ce the reader"s respo(cid:374)se to the (cid:373)aterial. **you should respond in your own words whenever possible. If paraphrase of some key words or concepts is impossible, all direct quotations must be extremely short and properly cited.