Text-Based Essay Writing Tasks

Essay 2 "Common Town, Big Allegory," by Ana Matijasevic

1. What background information has the student author provided in the introduction so taht any reader can understand what the paper is about?
2. What is the thesis statement?  Paraphrase in your own words.
3. Point out three places in this essay where the student writer is analyzing rather than summarizing.
4. a) It is as if the author is trying to persuade the reader of something in the last two paragraphs.  What is she trying to get us to agree with?  b) Does she succeed?