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Enhancing Topic Sentences and Body Paragraphs in College Rhetoric

This overview focuses on key components of writing effective topic sentences and body paragraphs in academic essays. It discusses the importance of a strong topic sentence, which encapsulates the main idea of the paragraph, and highlights techniques for integrating sources and evidence. The session includes examples of effective writing strategies used by authors like Tina Rosenberg and Malcolm X. Students will learn to analyze rhetorical strategies and their effects on audience perception while preparing for writing assignments in the upcoming week.

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Enhancing Topic Sentences and Body Paragraphs in College Rhetoric

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  1. Essentials of college rhetoric Week 11 Ms. Lowery

  2. Class Overview • Topic Sentences • Body Paragraphs • Improving source or evidence integration. • Conclusion • Review

  3. The goals of a topic sentence •  It contains the dominating idea that the paragraph will develop. • The topic sentence, like the thesis, is also focused. • It is never a prediction nor a question, but rather a single declarative statement. • Source: RedRocks Community College

  4. Example topic sentences Student 1: Which topic sentence best fulfills the requirements of a topic sentence? • Example 1: Tina Rosenberg uses narrative—a spoken or written account of connected events— in her article when she tells IbrahimaTraore’s story • Example 2:Rosenberg uses personification—giving nonhuman objects human characteristics— in “Everyone Speaks Text” to emphasize the importance of her purpose. • Example 3: Rosenberg references opinions of credible sources when she makes references to others who have wrote about heritage languages

  5. Candy Time! Student 2: : Which topic sentence best fulfills the requirements of a topic sentence? • Example 1: Malcolm also referenced specific pieces of literature that led him to have the understanding of history that he did. • Example 2: In his text, Malcolm referenced specific people who were a strong power on who he became and what his beliefs were. • Example 3: Malcolm used events in history with references to specific facts and dates to show the audience how they both influenced and motivated his work.

  6. Body Paragraphs Include • Topic Sentence • Examples with explanations about how those examples illustrate the technique being discussed • Show the choice through quotes, summary, or paraphrase. • Focus on how the author writes the choice and why it is effective or not effective. • What effect does it create? How does that effect influence the audience? How does the influence help the author achieve purpose? • A connection back to the thesis at the end of each body paragraph.

  7. Candy Time! • Student 1-Body Paragraph 2: • Name one element from the previous slide that this paragraph contains • Name another • Is this paragraph effective? • Why? • Student 2-Body Paragraph 1: • Name one element that this paragraph contains • Name another • Is this paragraph effective? • Why?

  8. Conclusions • Your conclusion should briefly restate your main argument. • Mention text, writer, rhetorical strategies again. • Provide statement(s) about the effectiveness of the writer’s choices to accomplish the purpose for the target audience. • Possibly include any further implications of the text in terms of rhetorical choices, purpose, and audience. • a. That is, take the time to wrap up the interconnections between the choices. • How do all three work together to make the writing effective? Which ones build on each other?  

  9. Model of BA 7

  10. Review • For help, look to the model BA 7 posted on the blog. • Be sure to focus on higher order concerns • For In-Class Assignment for Week 12: • Bring your current introduction and conclusion to class with you. (typed. Also, the one you submitted as your 1.1 draft) • Read Ch. 15c in your E-Handbook

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