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Sample EDE Analysis ESL 15 Extended Definition Sample Essay Analysis Worksheet Please mark all your responses in blue. I. First-impression Read the sample essay. Do not write, underline, or mark anything; just read. Write down you answers to the following questions. (1) What is the author trying to define? (2) In your own words, what is the author’s Thesis Statement? (3) In your own words, what can you remember about the Main Points? (4) Based on your first impression on the essay, provide some feedback on overall the clarity of the Thesis Statement. II. Close-reading Content Read the sample essay again. Do the following: (1) Highlight the Thesis Statement. (2) Mark the Topic Sentences in each paragraph in blue. (3) Underline the Supporting Points. Write down your comments to the following questions. Give specific examples when necessary. (1) Comment on the quality of the Main Points (as delivered in the Topic Sentences). (2) Comment on the connection between the Topic Sentences and the Thesis Statement. (3) Comment on the connection between the Main Points and the Supporting Points (e.g., are the SPs making sense? Are they linked to the MPs? Do they provide concrete and specific examples of what the MPs are? Etc) Organization Glance the essay for 30 to 45 seconds. Then, write your comments to the following questions. Observe the order the Main Points, how does the author sequence the Main Points? In other words, according to what does the author organize the Main Points? (2) If you could give the author ONE piece of advice to better the organization of the essay. What would it be and why? Language Read the essay again. Do the following. (1) Highlight one sentence you like the most in the sample essay in green. Copy and paste the sentence here and write down why you like this sentence. (2) Mark one to two words that you do not like in the sample essay in red. Then, copy and paste the sentences here in which the words appear. Finally, write down why you do not like these two words and offer advice on how to better the word choices.