Summary-and-Response Essay Required Content

ARequired Content

_____I. An introductory paragraph that provides the following:

1.. The name of the author,

2. The name of the work,

3. A brief summary of the work—enough information so that your reader has a clear understanding of what the article, book, story, or film is about.

If the summary is relatively straightforward and brief, include

4. A transition to your thesis sentence and

5. Your thesis sentence at the end

NOTE: If the summary is more involved and extensive, you can add a second paragraph that acts as a transition and states your thesis sentence at its end.

_____II. Three to four effective response paragraphs to the article that blend words from the article and credit the article correctly. (Please follow the examples given in other assignments.)

_____III. An appropriate, elegant conclusion.

ASample Outline

Paragraph 1—Summary

Paragraph 2—Transition and thesis sentence

Paragraph 3—Response #1

Paragraph 4—Response #2

Paragraph 5—Response #3

Paragraph 6—An elegant conclusion