Connors English 1A Blog

 This week dealt with using evidence and thesis format. There is a lot of ways to draft a thesis and use evidence. However some methods are better than others. The They/I Say format is effective in arguing for or against a point of view by using someone else opinion in conjunction with your own. Furthering this, a thesis is formed with in steps. Making a broad statement and then transforming it into a question is important to creating a thesis. After making this a question, its imperative to answer this question which will reveal a stronger thesis. 

 This week I encountered the "they say" idea.  Moreover, it's a way of pushing in argument in a way that is persuasive while recognizing what others have said on the issue. You can either use what "they say" to help your argument, or take it in a refutation direction. It's very important to put this idea first and then agree or disagree. This is all in the hopes of creating an argument that works. In the future, I will use this method to help my point of view. In a way it's using evidence. But the "they say/ I say" formula makes it easy to understand. 

 This week forced me to question different things. I decided that essay number two would be about a time when I actively tried to learn a second language. In the thought question of the week, when I reflected on the audience ands purpose, did it actually start to make sense. I mean that I made clearer connections to the purpose of my paper and who the reader was going to be. I think that using this weeks thought question as a tool, I could shape my narrative into something that makes better sense for my target audience.