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First-Year Writing Seminar, Spring 2019

Lili Porten

Section 28: From Exploratory Essay to Interpretive Argument

Skills Focus: Sentence Style Sentence as Story—Characters & Actions

HW, part 1 If you haven’t already done so, complete your exploratory essay draft and upload it to our canvas site.

HW, part 2 If you haven’t already done so, create a title for your essay.

• Try to write a title that is both informative and catchy. Check out these strategies for writing titles.
• Post your exploratory essay title to the student writing section of the course website.

HW, part 3 Finish reading “Mika Model,” by Paolo Bacigalupi (the story we started reading in class Wednesday). Take note of moments or details in the story that surprise you.