ALLIED ENG160 MODULE 6 homework assignment

Patterns of
Essay Development: Part 4
PART I
Modules 5 through 8 Homework Assignments will be a
continuation of a writing process. You
will construct your essay by answering the following prompt, which will be
given at the beginning of each homework assignment. This is a step-by-step process. As long as you read the textbook and all the
lecture notes and complete the activities, you will not encounter much
difficulty.
Prompt: Today there is an increasing
amount of students enrolling in online schools and online courses than ever
before. Write a cause-and-effect essay
explaining the effects that online education has on students.
1. Continuing
from Module 5 Homework Assignment, take out your outline and reread your topic
and effects.
2. Based on your
outline, write a thesis statement. Your
thesis statement should state the dominant impression about your subject.
3. You will now
construct an introductory paragraph by using the model below:
I.
Introduction
A. Opening sentence that attracts the reader’s interest
B. Supply any background information that will make the reader better
understand the cause and effects
C. Thesis statement
4. You will turn
in the introductory paragraph (in paragraph form, not outline form).
You have successfully written the introduction and
thesis statement for your cause-and-effect essay. You are now ready to write the body of your
essay in Module 7 Homework Assignment.
PART II

Directions: Please read “Television Addiction” by Marie Winn on
page 333 of your textbook. When you have
finished reading the article, answer the following questions with at least 250
words per question.

1.
Winn’s thesis is
not presented directly in the essay. See
whether you can state it in your own words.
2.
Which statement
would best serve as a topic sentence for paragraph 4?
a.
Addicts enjoy
pleasurable experiences more than non-addicts.
b.
Addicts feel that
their lives are not really complete.
c.
Addicts would give
up their addiction if other pleasurable experiences were available.
d.
Addicts need to
endlessly repeat the experience on which they are dependent.
3.
Which statement
would best serve as a topic sentence for paragraph 7?
a.
People become
television addicts because they have more troubled lives than most other
people.
b.
Television addicts
develop a distorted perception of reality and lose self-control.
c.
Few experiences in
life are as pleasurable as watching television.
d.
Alcoholics often
believe they have more control over their drinking than they really do.
4.
Which paragraph
fully signals the author’s switch from discussing addiction in general terms to
talking specifically about addiction to television?
5.
What key
transitional word is used twice in the essay?