ENG 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Formaldehyde, Hyperbole, Pathos

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Elaine Bailey

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Part 2 choose essay response & write essay. Access strengths or weaknesses of the essay"s argument by. Looking at its premises (or assertions of alleged fact) Examining its use of examples, illustrations, expert opinion. Looking for possible errors in logic, especially generalizations, misrepresentations, slight evidence. Position with evidence quotes & cite. Body paragraphs: first main idea (usually 3-5 main ideas, 1st subdivision of main idea. Topic sentence idea example (supporting detail) explanation transition x2. General wrap-up sentence restate thesis restate main points further investigation reasons concluding sentence. Paraphrase, ensure that you do not borrow syntax or phraseology from the original text. What you cannot put in your own words, put in quotation marks. Read information, distill what information you need for your own writing purposes, then recreate the sentence. Summary / paraphrase students put ideas in their own style of language, without using the words or sentence structure of the original source.