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Read the following introductory paragraphs and answer the questions that follow.
There is a difference between being an onlooker and being a true observer of art. Onlookers just walk by a work of art, letting their eyes record it while their minds are elsewhere. They have no true appreciation of art. Observers, on the other hand, are informed and appreciative. They have spent the time and energy to educate themselves so that art will be meaningful. They don't just exist side by side with art, they live with it and are aware of its existence in even the smallest part of their daily lives.
1. What is the topic?
2. What is the thesis statement?
3. What device is used to catch the reader's interest?
What is art? People in the past always thought they knew what art was. Today, however, art is harder to define. Art in this century is far more complex, for several different reasons. People are exposed to the art of many times and cultures. Much of modern art is difficult to classify. And to further complicate things, we now have works of art created in media undreamed of a few decades ago, including electronic images that may disappear within moments of their creation. It's no wonder that people are asking what exactly art is and isn't, and how we can tell the difference.
4. What is the topic?
5. What is the thesis statement?
6. What device is used to catch the reader's interest?
"The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad," said Salvador Dali, probably the most famous Surrealist artist. Like many other modern artists, such an Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and Jean Dubuffet, Dali was interested in the relationship between madness and creativity. Certainly the works of these artists, with their swirling lines, strange scenes and fantastic dreamlike quality, appear to be the products of unstable minds. Van Gogh produced a whole body of work while in an asylum, so the question of whether madness contributed to his work, and might even have been the force behind it, is a valid one. Where does creativity end and madness begin? Is the line that separates them so thin as to be unrecognizable? These are questions that must be explored in any study of the relationship between madness and creativity in the world of art.
7.What is the topic?
8.What is the thesis statement?
9.What device is used to catch the reader's interest?
►The Body Paragraphs
The number of paragraphs in the body of an essay written for this class may range from two to four. Their function is to explain or prove the thesis statement.
Remember the following points about body paragraphs:
1. The main idea of the body paragraph shoidd support the thesis statement. If
the thesis statement is about the advantages of exercise—"Regular exercise
is beneficial to health."—then the topic sentence of each body paragraph
should be about how regular exercise is beneficial for health.
2. Each body paragraph should discuss one aspect of the thesis. If you are
writing about the benefits of exercise, then each body paragraph would
discuss one benefit of exercise for health.
3. Tlie body paragraphs should follow an order. The order of the paragraphs
is determined by the type of organization you are using. Each body
paragraph should follow the other smoothly through the use of transitions.
►Developing Body Paragraphs
Onceyou have written a thesis statement, you can develop the topics for т body paragraphs in several ways, depending on your thesis statement..: can break it into reasons, steps in a process, advantages and disadvan-,r5. causes, effects, examples, points of comparison and contrast.
A simple way of developing body paragraphs is to look at the central idea of the thesis statement and turn it into a question. The answers to the question will help you decide on the body paragraphs.
Example:
Thesis statement:
Regular exercise is beneficial to health.
Question:
In what way is regular exercise beneficial to health?
Answers:
Exercise is good for blood circulation.
It burns up extra calories.
It keeps the body and muscles flexible.
The central idea of the thesis statement is beneficial to health. Asking the question "in what way?" provides the answers above. Each body paragraph would focus on a different benefit of exercise.
Example:
Tliesis statement:
Hawaii and Alaska have some similarities.
Question:
What similarities?
Answers:
Both are not connected to the forty-eight contiguous states.
Both have a large population of native peoples.
Both are expensive states in which to live.
Here the body paragraphs break down by looking at the points of similarity.
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