Chapter 9: Writing Essays
Your instructor may ask you to complete one or more of the following exercises.
- Share an essay that you are working on with someone in the class. Your partner will edit your paper and provide feedback based on the peer feedback section of this chapter.
- Find an example of an essay online.
- Determine what type of essay is it and explain why.
- Identify the thesis of the essay.
- Identify the evidence supporting the thesis.
- Think of 3 ideas for an essay. Generate a list of potential thesis statements and main point for each of these ideas.
- Prepare a short presentation summarizing the main points of this chapter.
