Instruction
Tweens: Analyzing an Exemplification Paragraph
Turn to paragraph six in Hymowitz's "Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen." In list form, answer these questions:
1. How many examples of sources are used in this paragraph?
2. Who are they?
3. How are they credible sources for her how question: What are tweens?
Paragraph 15 of "Tweens" offers this source--
"The stigma isn't there the way it was ten years ago," said Dan Kindlon, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and co-author with Michael Thompson of Raising Cain.
Answer these five questions, which are reminiscent of the concepts we learned in creating dialogue. Answer the questions in the list form. Write in complete sentences. Then respond to one peer's post.
1. What is the tag?
2. What is the active verb?
3. Where is the tag placed?
4. What is the punctuation before the active verb and where is in place in regards to the quotation mark?
Breast Implants" does a Reader In the strategy of defining the word "fake" and then applying that definition to "Breast Implants." The Reader Out strategy is positive and connects the value of breast implants to not just men but to women. Now turn to "Tweens." What is her Reader In strategy? For "Black Men," what is his Reader Out strategy? Answer these in a list form. Write in complete sentences. Reply to specifics from the essays.