Eng 101 Analysis Workshop

7/27/2019 Eng 101 Analysis Workshop

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Analysis thesis statements

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*Go to the following link and read the first 4

paragraphs

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dreamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream


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*By applying principle (ordefinition) X, we can understand(topic) as (conclusion based on

analysis)

According to Martin Luther King,

Jr.s I Have a Dream speech, the

American Dream includes andcenters around the ideal of equality

for all to include


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*By applying principle (or definition) X, we canunderstand (topic) as (conclusion based onanalysis)

* View each video clip.

* Write a thesis for each in relation to theAmerican Dream.


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*By applying principle (or definition) X, we canunderstand (topic) as (conclusion based onanalysis)

* Cinderella Man

In Cinderella Man, James Braddocks view of theAmerican Dream involves

* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompsons definition of the AmericanDream illustrates its decline from working hard

to getting rich quick as evidenced by his two

trips to Las Vegas and drug use.


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*First, locate your articles analytical principle

*summarize the key definition or principle that

forms the basis of the analysis

*use 2 specific reading strategies to identify

principles and definitions in source materials*Look for a sentence that makes a general

statement about the way something works

*Look for statements that take this form:Xcan be defined as A, B, and C

*In other words, look for the articlesthesis statment


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*Take this analytical principle and construct athesis statement

*By applying principle (or definition) X, we canunderstand (topic) as (conclusion based on

analysis)


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*Outline of Student Threes essay

Thesis: By applying the principle of energy

independence, we can understand that the U.S.

and other countries of the world need to accept

the fact that energy interdependence is not afiction, but a reality, and that global trading is

the future.


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II.Body

A. Until the U.S. accepts that the global energy

market is becoming more and more interdependent,

there will never be effective discussion about theenergy problems that currently exist.

1. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran,

which export the highest amounts of energy to other

countries, continue to import other energy productsbecause they are not independent of other

countries.

2. Bryce paraphrase


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II.Body

B. The farmers can grow tons of corn and

windmills and solar panels can be installed, but

they will never produce as much electricity asfossil fuels or nuclear reactors.

1. Bryce quote

2. Americas energy needs are simplytoo huge to be completely satisfied by

alternative energy sources.


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II.Body

C. American ignorance

1. Far from the truth

2. Our politicians and business people

need to find ways of maintaining the rapport

with energy producing countries of the Arab and

Islamic world.


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*Ellipsis, Brackets, Slash worksheets

*Hacker exercise 44-1

*Your analysis thesis statement

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