1. Write out your thesis (your answer to the essay question). YOUR THESIS MUST ANSWER THE PROMPT FOR THE WP 1 ESSAY.

Prompt for the thesis: How have you shaped your academic identity in college? What were the methods, influences, or circumstances that made a significant impact on your identity?

2. Pick three quotesfrom the article that support the claims being made in your thesis, and then write out each quote

3. Analyze each quote separately - how does the quote support the thesis you are researching? Remember, you want your "proof" to further your argument, not simply restate it. How does the quote you picked make a difference to what you are arguing (aka your thesis)? What purpose does it serve in furthering your claims? Remember, everything should lead back to your thesis.

Article: Me Talk Pretty One day By David Sedaris

https://www.macobo.com/essays/epdf/Me%20Talk%20Pretty%20One%20Day%20by%20Sedaris.pdf

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Thesis Statement:

QUOTE:	ANALYSIS:
1. Quote #1 goes here -	1. Your correlating analysis to Quote #1 (and its pertinence in regards to/support of the thesis) goes here!
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