31 Aug Native American Oral Literature Tradition
Compose your 5-7 paragraph essay. Your essay should be at least 275 words.
Introduction (start broad, then narrow down to a thesis–citing any facts you use from the book in MLA format)
Narrow to thesis that foreshadows the main ideas of your body paragraphs
Thesis formula: X is important because of main idea 1, 2, and 3.
3-5 body paragraphs following the paragraph plan
main idea
cited evidence-likely quotes from the literature
anlaysis
Conclusion
Restate main points and draw final conclusions
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