Text-Based Essay Writing Tasks

Sample Essay "Text-Based Essay" by Run-Anne Fragment

1. Read the introductory paragraph of this essay, then rewrite the thesis statement so that it is clear, concise, and tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the essay.
2. What basic background information is mising from the analysis of the story called "Powder" that a reader needs in order to understand the essay?
3. What basic background information is missing from the analysis of the story called "Father" that a reader needs in order to understand the essay?
4. From the information provided by the "student" writer, are you able to briefly sum up the differences between the father-son relationship in the two stories mentioned in the essay?
5. What would you tell the student writer that she needs to do to make this paper better?