Expository Essay PDF/Powerpoint

Follow this link for the presentation we took notes on in class. If you were absent, please make sure you take notes on pages 5 through 8.

Once you have the notes, please run through the sample theses and essays beginning on page 9.

Summer Assignment Thesis Paragraph Generator

Consider using the following as a thesis paragraph for your Summer Assignment essay.

If you are going to defend or challenge Mr. Hickey's assertion, use this template:

Mr. Hickey, author of "Why I Hate Ender's Game," is
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correct
incorrect
when he claims that "[n]obody ever grows or changes during the course of [the novel]." This becomes clear when you look at Card's use of
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metaphor
allusion
tone
simile
anaphora
paradox when considering
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Ender
Valentine
PeterGraffBernardAlai .

If you are going to qualify Mr. Hickey's assertion, use this template:

Mr. Hickey, author of "Why I Hate Ender's Game," is partially correct when he claims that "[n]obody ever grows or changes during the course of [the novel]." This becomes clear when you look at how Card's use of
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metaphor
allusion
tone
simile
anaphora
paradox when considering
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Ender
Valentine
Peter
Graff
Bernard
Alai shows a lack of character development, but on the other hand, how his use of
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metaphor
allusion
tone
simile
anaphora
paradox does show some development of
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Graff
Bernard
Alai
Rackham
Petra
Bonzo .

Feel free to use the exact wording, punctuation, spelling, grammar, etc., above. You may choose other characters or other literary devices if you prefer.