The prewriting assignment focuses on this week’s topic, which is identifying literary devices such as a thesis statement and being able to distinguish between primary and secondary sources. The prewriting assignment helps us to understand the topics we are going to write about and also familiarizes us with the literary devices we are expected to use. It is understood that we have to read, “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which is a primary source. Then, we have to read “Overview of “The Most Handsome Drowned Man”” by Dean Rider which is a secondary source that analyzes the story by Marquez. Eventually, we will have to evaluate a student sample essay to identify if the essay has a strong thesis statement, and if the student was able to effectively use both the primary source and secondary source, to discuss and analyze an idea expressed in the secondary source. This will then strengthen our own ability to be able to utilize strong thesis statements and analyze a secondary source using a primary source.
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