1. What is the SUBJECT of Carp's essay?
2. What do people in her AUDIENCE most likely think about her subject?
3. What is Carp's PURPOSE in writing this essay? What does she set out to "prove" to her readers?
4. What sentence is Carp's thesis or what can you identify as the main idea for the entire essay?
5. Pretend Cheryl Carp is in your peer feedback group. What would you tell her is a strength of her writing? What has she done well? (Point out at least TWO specific examples.)
6. Pretend Cheryl Carp is in your peer feedback group. What would you tell her is a weakness of her writing? What would you suggest to her to help her strengthen the work? (Point out at least ONE specific example.)
1. What question will your essay address? Try phrasing it three different ways.
2. What are the common, expected or popular answers to your questions? List ten misconceptions people have about your topic.
3. What examples and details would support your audience's view? Expand these views by providing three hypothetical examples that your audience might have in their minds.
4. What is your own surprising view?
5. What examples and details support your surprising view? Free write or list ten details and/or examples that will help you to clarify your reader's misconceptions.
6. Which audience misconceptions will you need to concede to? Generally, there may be some truth to one or more of their viewpoints, and to look fair, you need to acknowledge those. List two, and explain why you will need to concede to them.
7. Explain two reasons readers should trust you on this issue (ethos!)
8. Choose two thesis templates, and compose your thesis in two different ways.