Organize and develop your ideas worksheet

writing prompt: read the letter to the editor “i, too, have a dream.” how does the writer use structure and language to persuade her readers and support her feelings about immigration? write an essay using evidence from the letter to answer the question.
thesis statement: type your thesis statement from the last lesson here. 
in this letter, the author uses her personal experience, along with rhetorical devices such as logos, pathos and ethos, in order to persuade the audience of supporting the daca program.

part 1 – organizing your ideas
directions: write a topic sentence for each body paragraph. (one body paragraph should focus on the author’s use of structure and one body paragraph should focus on the author’s use of language.) use a mixture of paraphrased examples and direct quotations for your evidence. write your examples and explanations in complete sentences.
body paragraph 1 
topic sentence:
•      example from text to support topic sentence:

•      explanation of how the example serves purpose:

•      example from text to support topic sentence:

•      explanation of how the example serves purpose:

body paragraph 2 
topic sentence:
•      example from text to support topic sentence:

•      explanation of how the example serves purpose:

•      example from text to support topic sentence:

•      explanation of how the example serves purpose:

part 2 – developing body paragraphs
directions: use your planning in part 1 to write your two body paragraphs. use complete sentences, proper grammar and punctuation, and transitions to develop your body paragraphs. each body paragraph should have a transition at the beginning of the topic sentence and at least two within each paragraph.

Body Paragraph 1

Topic Sentence: The author uses her personal experience to persuade the audience of supporting the DACA program.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author begins her letter by stating what happened at school and why it brought her to writing the letter.

Explanation of how the example serves purpose: Stating her personal experience at school shows the audience that it was cruel and it begins to get the readers persuaded on supporting the DACA program.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author talks about how other people feel throughout the letter.

Explanation of how the example serves purpose: The author stating how other people feel throughout the story shows that there are good people who are immigrants in America and that they are scared because of immigration and that all the hurtful words being said hurts them because they, too, are humans.

Body Paragraph 2

Topic Sentence: The author uses rhetorical devices such as logos, pathos, and ethos to persuade the audience of supporting the DACA program.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author begins talking about her friend being an immigrant: when she was a baby her parents slipped passed the border into the United States so she could have a better home.

Explanation of how the example serves purpose: The author talking about this reels the readers in and understanding how her friend felt.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author talks about the DACA program, what it did, and what people who oppose it say about it. She says that she understands where people are coming from and that they need to protect their country.

Explanation of how example serves purpose: The author helps the readers understand and it persuades them even more on supporting the DACA program.

Part 2

Just put everything together.

Body Paragraph 1Topic Sentence: The author uses her personal experience to persuade the audience of supporting the DACA program.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author begins her letter by stating what happened at school and why it brought her to writing the letter.

Explanation of how the example serves purpose: Stating her personal experience at school shows the audience that it was cruel and it begins to get the readers persuaded on supporting the DACA program.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author talks about how other people feel throughout the letter.

Explanation of how the example serves purpose: The author stating how other people feel throughout the story shows that there are good people who are immigrants in America and that they are scared because of immigration and that all the hurtful words being said hurts them because they, too, are humans.

Body Paragraph 2Topic Sentence: The author uses rhetorical devices such as logos, pathos, and ethos to persuade the audience of supporting the DACA program.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author begins talking about her friend being an immigrant: when she was a baby her parents slipped passed the border into the United States so she could have a better home.

Explanation of how the example serves purpose: The author talking about this reels the readers in and understanding how her friend felt.

Example from text to support topic sentence: The author talks about the DACA program, what it did, and what people who oppose it say about it. She says that she understands where people are coming from and that they need to protect their country.

Explanation of how example serves purpose: The author helps the readers understand and it persuades them even more on supporting the DACA program.

Part 2Just put everything together.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

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