The Microtheme Step One Thesis A thesis has

The Microtheme

Step One: Thesis A thesis has the question restated and 3 prongs (ideas) What is our question? What three prongs support your answer to the question?

Step Two- Introduce 1 st prong. Tell your readers what your first prong is AND use a transition word. First off, . . . Firstly, . . . First of all, . . . To begin with. .

Step Three: Provide the quote from the text that proves prong one. Put it in sentence form and use citation. (page, paragraph #) Your sentence could start as: In the story, In the reading, Dahl shows us. . . In the story, it stated. . . citation first- It says on page, paragraph. .

Step Four: Now that you have stated your prong and given a piece of evidence, this sentence explains why the quote you chose PROVES your 1 st prong is CORRECT. Tell me why you are right, why your quote is right. This shows. . . This evidence proves. . .

Step Five: Introduce 2 nd prong from thesis. Tell your readers what your second prong is AND use a transition word. Secondly, . . . Next. . . Another. . .

Step Six: Provide the quote from the text that proves prong two. Put it in sentence form. Your sentence could start as: Also in the story, it says. . . In the story, In the reading, Dahl shows us. . . In the story, it stated. . . citation first- It says on page, paragraph. .

Step Seven: Now that you have stated your prong and given a piece of evidence, this sentence explains why the quote you chose PROVES your 2 nd prong is CORRECT. Tell me why you are right, why your quote is right. This shows. . . This evidence proves. . .

Step Eight: Introduce 3 rd prong from thesis. Tell your readers what your third prong is AND use a transition word. For example. . . The last reason why. . .

Step Ten: Provide the quote from the text that proves prong three. Put it in sentence form. Your sentence could start as: The third piece of evidence from the text states. . . The final evidence from Lamb to the Slaughter. . .

Step Ten: Now that you have stated your prong and given a piece of evidence, this sentence explains why the quote you chose PROVES your 3 rd prong is CORRECT. Tell me why you are right, why your quote is right.

Step Eleven: Conclusion Restate your thesis statement but use NEW words that you haven't used before in this paragraph.