Personal Essay “This I Believe”: Analyzing Structure



-74871-690880Name:Hour: 0Name:Hour: Directions: Use the Chart below to discern the structure of the various personal essays that we read in class, you read on your own, and to think about how you wish to plan for your own. Title/Author/TopicIndicate approximate word count and number of paragraphsBelief Statement (Claim) Please Write Out and indicate which paragraph it was located in Type(s) of Evidence used to support the belief (claim)-Use DRAPES What writing skill/ strategy do I like in this essay that I want to transfer to my own draft?Example:“We’re All Different in Our Own Ways” by Joshua YuchaszTopic: Identity≈550 words, 10 paragraphs “I believe it’s important to accept people for who they are.” (paragraph 2)“Because I believe people should be respected for being different. Because we’re all different in our own ways.” (paragraph 10)R – “What if everyone in the world was exactly alike?”S – “Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Abraham Lincoln”P – Elementary school, Godzilla; current interestsI like how he says, “Sometimes I wish I were like everyone else… but not really.” – the way he said one thing and then changed his mind makes it seem more personal and thoughtful. 2.3.Title/Author/TopicIndicate approximate word count and number of paragraphsBelief Statement (Claim) Please Write Out and indicate which paragraph it was located in Type(s) of Evidence used to support the belief (claim)-Use DRAPES What writing skill/ strategy do I like in this essay that I want to transfer to my own draft?4.5.6. ................
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