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Your idea is your own. Own it. Embrace it.Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images
Create a topic sentence. In it, establish the position that you plan to support. In science, this would be your hypothesis. In the theater, it's your opening act, your hook. It's an idea you're passionate about. Something that means something to you, that you feel needs to be expressed. Establish the idea that you will argue for or against. Be concise. No need to be wordy. - 2
Paint a picture in a sentence. Orient the audience.Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images
Introduce your evidence. Give some background, explain the conditions, the setting, the characters, and motivations. You are bringing the reader into the story by orienting the reader to the conditions of your analysis. You are providing context. Using the analogy of science, this is the lab, the purpose that the hypothesis may serve, the conditions of the tests. If you're in a theater, this is the setting, the scenery, the costumes, the lighting. - 3
Provide the evidence.David De Lossy/Photodisc/Getty Images
Make the analysis consist of at least five sentences. This is where you prove your hypothesis. You provide precise evidence to support your ideas. Use more than one illustration to persuade your audience.Use irrefutable facts. - 4
People remember the end, for the end is the beginning of thought.Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images
Make your concluding or transitional sentence profound. It should leave the reader with an impression. The closing sentence should be as carefully considered as the topic sentence. Unveil an unseen aspect to your analysis. Simply do not restate the topic sentence. Be confident in your approach.
You have a great idea. Make them understand it.
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