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How to writing well_4 196 PART TWO - PURPOSES, MODES, AND STRATEGIES 13. Modern technology can produce more inconvenience than convenience. 14. Job hunting today is a difficult process. 15. Moving frequently has its advantages (or disadvantages). 16. Movies today are unnecessarily violent. 17. Many required courses are/are not relevant to a student’s education. 18. High schools do/do not adequately prepare students for college. 19. The most common political attitude among students today is “I’m apathetic, and I don’t care.” 20. One important event can change the course of a life. A Topic Proposal for Your Essay Selecting the right subject matter is important to every writer. To help you clarify your ideas and strengthen your commitment to your topic, here is a proposal sheet that asks you to describe some of your preliminary ideas about your subject before you begin drafting. Although your ideas may change as you write (they will almost certainly become more refined), thinking through your choice of topic now may help you avoid several false starts. 1. In a few words, identify the subject of your essay as you have narrowed and focused it for this assignment. Write a rough statement of your opinion or attitude toward this topic. 2. Why are you interested in this topic? Do you have a personal or pro- fessional connection to the subject? State at least one reason for your choice of topic. 3. Is this a significant topic of interest to others? Why? Who specifically might find it interesting, informative, or entertaining? 4. Describe in one or two sentences the primary effect you would like to have on your audience. After they read your essay, what do you want your audience to think, feel, or do? ( In other words, what is your pur- pose in writing this essay?) 5. Writers use examples to explain and clarify their ideas. Briefly list two or three examples you might develop in your essay to support discus- sion of your chosen topic. 6. What difficulties, if any, might this topic present during your drafting? For example, do you know enough about this topic to illustrate it with specific rather than vague examples? Might the topic still be too broad or unfocused for this assignment? Revise your topic now or make notes for an appropriate plan of action to resolve any difficulties you foresee. 197 CHAPTER 9 - E XPOSITION SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY Study the use of specific examples in the brief student essay that follows. If the writer were to revise this essay, where might he add more examples or details? RIVER RAFTING TEACHES WORTHWHILE LESSONS Sun-warmed water slaps you in the face, the blazing 1 I ntroduction: A description sun beats down on your shoulders, and canyon walls speed by as you race down rolling waves of water. No experience can equal that of river rafting. In addition to being fun Paragraphs in the Sample and exciting, rafting has many educational advantages as Thesis Student Essays well, especially for those involved in school-sponsored are numbered for ease of rafting trips. River trips teach students how to prevent discussion; do not number some of the environmental destruction that concerns the your own paragraphs. park officials, and, in addition, river trips teach students to Essay map work together in a way few other experiences can. The most important lesson a rafting trip teaches 2 Topic sentence one: Trip students is respect for the environment. When students are teaches respect for exposed to the outdoors, they can better learn to environment appreciate its beauty and feel the need to preserve it. For example, I went on a rafting trip three summers ago with the biology department at my high school. Our trip lasted seven days down the Green River through the isolated Desolation Canyon in Utah. After the first day of rafting, I found myself surrounded by steep canyon walls and saw virtually no evidence of human life. The starkly beautiful, unspoiled atmosphere soon became a major influence on us during the trip. By the second day I saw classmates, Two brief examples whom I had previously seen fill an entire room with candy illustrating respect: wrappers and empt ...