ENG 100 Wk 1 Discussion – Essay Topic

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ENG 100 Wk 1 Discussion – Essay Topic
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ENG 100 Wk 1 Discussion – Essay Topic

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

 

Due Thursday

In ENG/100, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of essay writing, and over the next 5 weeks, you will learn how to write topic sentences, construct paragraphs, and generate thesis statements. You will support your ideas, revise your drafts, and end the course with a completed essay.

 

Why are these skills necessary? Essays are the gears on which academic work turns. Essays share information, test new ideas, and debate controversial topics. Writers write because they live in a real world with real problems. Always remember, the broad goal of an academic essay is always the same: to put us in a better position to think critically and take practical actions.

 

Consider an essay you have read that was designed to solve a problem.

 

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Could you tell, before reading the entire essay, what the author was going to talk about?
  • What did the author of the essay do to introduce the topic of the essay, and where in the essay could you identify that topic?
  • Why is it important that an author picks narrow topic or research question for an essay?

 

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.