Introductions

• Guide the reader to the thesis

• Provide pertinent information about the rhetorical situation

• Is not overly long

  • In a pinch, the thesis statement can be your intro

• Process

  • Intro text

    • Not a “hook”, but more of something leading us, providing information, or an interesting insight

  • SPACE

    • Provide the significant rhetorical situation information which applies to the choices you will be analyzing

    • Show a complex understanding of the rhetorical situation

  • Thesis

    • Provide your controlling argument

    • Audience + Choices + Message

Line of Reasoning

• Using each idea to future and argument with a clear “through line”

• Each sentence is a building block to support a main idea, and no block is laid in the wrong manner

• Building a Line of Reasoning

  • Divide the passage into rhetorical sections

    • Consider the purpose for each part; this is not necessarily paragraphs

    • Chunk like with like

    • Consider how these sections support each other

    • Look for shifts

  • Explore the passage in chronological order, emphasizing the open features you have identified in your open thesis

  • Your subclaims are what had been accomplished in that given section and how it supports the overall purpose

Conclusions

• Finish with Flourish

  • Broaden

    • Be philosophical

  • Contextualize

    • Be historical

  • Respond

    • Be personal

  • Connect

    • Be emotional