Edwards Paragraph Help

Here are the powerpoints to help you with your Edwards paragraph.

Analytical Unit Example

MLA Formatting

Due Tuesday-Rough Draft of Edwards Intro and Body Paragraph

Edwards Introduction and Body Paragraph


Using the format provided in Part I of your “Musings” packet, write an introduction and body paragraph on “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”


Thesis Ideas: Edwards creates fear in the audience. The purpose of this fear is to ________________________.
(fill in specific ideas)

POA: Edwards uses imagery, structure, and rhetoric.


Your body paragraph will provide three analytical units on his effective use of imagery.


To make sure you get all of the steps needed for quality analysis, I am posting an outline of what an Edwards Body Paragraph should do. Please note that you will need to do all steps within your paragraph, but that each step will probably be more than one sentence-especially the how step. This is a single paragraph, so it should look like a single paragraph on your paper.

Due Friday

Complete your reading on Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" paying special attention to how he uses figurative language to impact his audience.

Due Wednesday and Reading due Thursday

Due Wednesday:

Based on your notes today in class, please print and complete this parts of speech worksheet.

Due Thursday:

Read Cotton Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible World" (75-78). Please create a S.O.A.P.S. chart under the "reading notes" section of a reading notes frame. Under the "Speaker" category, please provide two inferences about the speaker with a quotation that supports each. You may want one of them to address the issue of speaker bias. Some of you have also noticed that you need to leave a bit more space under each of the sections of your notes frame to accommodate all of the information that you will write down.

Due Monday

Hopefully, you made some progress on the S.O.A.P.S. notes for Smith and Bradford today.


You will also need to create a chart based on the Bradford/Smith readings that has the following:

One column focusing on details more unique to Bradford's work.
One column focusing on details more unique to Smith's work.
One column identifying what similiarites the two pieces had.

Under each column, you may with to consider such things as:

-Characterization of speaker, community members
-Values of community
-Lifestyle/living conditions
-Voyage
-Relationship with Native Americans
-Style of writing
-Purpose of writing
-Selection of details

This is just a start, so you can feel free to include other observations that I haven't mentioned. Try to aim for about 4-5 observations under each column.

This chart will be handed in and graded under the category of "practice".

Due Thursday

Remember you are turning in on paper your antithesis practice assignment. Make sure you have all of your internal transitions in place before each piece of evidence as well as the transitions needed for an antithesis essay. You will be assessed on transitions and development of ideas (elaboration of evidence.)

Helpful documents are below:

Transitional Thinking Overhead

Antithesis scramble in proper order

(Please note for the antithesis scramble sample that it demonstrates correct antithesis transitions, internal transitions, transitional thinking, and elaboration of evidence. It is missing the third piece of evidence and summary sentences which your assignment will need to have.)

Generic List of Transitional Phrases

Antithesis Practice

Here is another topic to practice with the antithesis format.

2. To what extent are dances an important part of the high school experience?


a. thesis/antithesis/POA statement
b. first sentence of antithesis paragraph
c. first sentence of first thesis paragraph.


If you are really feeling lost, this outline be helpful as a rough, rough draft of your paper.

Thesis Antithesis Writing Assignment

Due Thursday:

Antithesis/Thesis Practice Writing Assignment

Step 1: Select a topic of your choice that you would like to write practice antithesis/thesis paragraphs with. You might consider something from:
 Music
 Movies
 Politics/Policy
 Food
 Hobbies, Sports, activities
 (Anything else that interests you—if you’re unsure about your topic, check with me first)

Step 2: Following the guidelines in the “Musings” packet, write an Antithesis/Thesis statement with 2 POA points. Remember to focus on the concept of opposing, not just opposite. (Note that you’re not writing an entire introduction, just the antithesis/thesis).

Step 3: Write a corresponding antithesis paragraph. Make sure to remember your qualifying transition. You should have 3 pieces of evidence to support your antithesis paragraph and use standard paragraph format.

Step 4: Write a corresponding thesis paragraph. Make sure to use an appropriate contrasting transition word that acknowledges your antithesis, and clearly state your thesis and POA point. You should have 3 pieces of evidence and use standard paragraph format.

Step 5: Proof read your paragraphs, checking for conventions errors, and making sure that you match the structure given to you in the packet.

Here is the overhead information on the concept of transitional thinking.

Reading Due Friday:

Read "The General History of Virginia" (42-47)
Read "Of Plymouth Plantation" (50-54)

Due Monday

For Monday, please read the remainder of the "Musings" packet (Part II.) Please complete an additional note frame for Part II, as the information is quite different from Part I.

Today's "quiz" from class is available here if you'd like to see some not great examples of introduction first sentences.

More positive examples are available here.

Due Friday

Read Part I of the "Musings on the '5' Paragraph essay packet. Part I ends on the middle of page six. Please set up notes for this reading using the note taking frame available here.

Humanities Writing Diagnostic: Due Thursday, 9/10

Your signed syllabus is due Thursday, 9/10. It is available here and on the HAMLIT homepage.



Humanities Writing Pre-Test


Imagine you are writing an essay on one of the following topics:

1. Why is the study of past events (history) important in a world that is focused so much on the present and future developments?

2. Why is the study of past writing (literature) important in a world that seemingly places little emphasis on this medium of expression?

Now, the assignment:

Write an introduction and a body paragraph that address ONE of these topics. Set up your introduction as if you were writing the entire essay, but you, of course, will just be writing one body paragraph.

Please use this as an opportunity to show off your best writing in terms of vocabulary, structure, organization, and ideas. I understand that this is essentially a ‘first draft’ and has not undergone a lengthy revision process, but you should proof read for conventions.

Please type in 12-point font unless you are currently without access to a computer/printer. If that's the case, hand write neatly in pen.

We will be practicing a dual turn in for this assignment. Please bring a print copy to turn in that I will use for grading purposes. Additionally, please turn in a copy through Turnitin, so that you become use to using this program. Your print copy will count as the assignment being "on time", so don't panic if you can't get Turnitin to work for you on your first try.

This assignment will receive points for completion, but will not be "assessed" so don't worry about your grade.