Topic Sentences and Signposting

Do Now: Look at the topic sentences in your draft-in-progress. Do they "argue rather than report" what the reader can expect to follow in the paragraph? Mark those that do not.

1. Topic Sentences and Signposting
2. Revising and/or Continuing to Draft

HW: Please add at least two paragraphs by Thursday (rough draft due 31 March)

"If the same idea can be expressed in a simple way or in a complex way, the simple way is better - and, paradoxically, it will typically lead readers to conclude that the writer is smarter." -Bryan Garner, A Dictionary of Modern American Usage