Emily Baker
February 9, 2016
English 121
Reading Response
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Chapter 8
Chapter 8 of Patterns for College Writing was very
informative and helpful to me personally. I wish I had known about exemplification
essays in the past. Often times, especially in my History classes, the teacher
required that we wrote exemplification essays, without actually stating it.
Whenever receiving papers back, I would often get the comment that I am being
to general and I do not have enough data to support my thesis. After reading
this chapter, I realized that teachers were looking for specific examples that
better support my thoughts and ideas. I hope that since I now have a better
understanding of exemplification essays, I will be able to write stronger
essays with a thesis that is well supported.
I believe one of
the most important points of this chapter is the planning for an exemption
essay. Before anyone starts writing I believe that it is important to create an
outline, first starting with a thesis statement. I liked the way that the
sample outline is set up. It begins with the introduction and the thesis
statement. Below the outline has the body, which is composed of the support
points. Under each support is very specific examples. I believe that setting up
an outline in such a way makes writing way easier because your thoughts and the
backbone of the essay is already laid out. From there, it is just putting it
into coherent sentences. As always I
find the checklists in each chapter very helpful. The checklist for the
exemplification essay, just asks a series of questions that makes sure your
essay is structured in such a way that there is enough examples to support the
thesis statement. Overall, this chapter offers insightful information on
developing a stronger argument that better persuades the reader.
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