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How TREEs translates to this essay

How TREEs translates to this essay. -T(topic sentence) = Thesis Sentence -Minus R (we aren't there yet...) -E (example) = Evidence (short quote or paraphrase/ short summary -E(explain) = explain how the evidence shows or does not show heroism

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How TREEs translates to this essay

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  1. How TREEs translates to this essay • -T(topic sentence) = Thesis Sentence • -Minus R (we aren't there yet...) • -E (example) = Evidence (short quote or paraphrase/ short summary • -E(explain) = explain how the evidence shows or does not show heroism • S (significance) = Conclusion (restates thesis in different words) and why your thesis statement relates to today or connect it to another part of history

  2. Thesis Checklist Thesis Checklist... 1.Take a Stand -Make an argument not a statement -arguments answers the question EX. Statement: Solomon Brown was a slave Argument: Solomon was a hero 2. Expresses one or two clear ideas -Don't try to prove too many arguments.... - If you have more than one group then limit yourself to just one aspect (or maybe two) of heroism -If you only have one group then include at least two traits/aspects of heroism -If you want to only show some groups as heroes and others as not then just focus on one aspect of heroism 3. Specific -show exactly what your essay will be about -Specify or tell your reader the time, group of people, and aspect/characteristic of heroism you are discussing -using words like "because," "since," "so," and "although." EX. Abolitionists in the North during the 1800s were heros because....(DO NOT GIVE EVIDENCE just state your traits of a hero)

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