Most of you now have a working thesis (which may of course evolve as you craft your essay), and a preliminary set of premises in support of it. Now write a paragraph, with each premise as its topic sentence, in which you support and explain that premise, giving us reasonable grounds (an example, some empirical date, an appeal to common wisdom…) for thinking it is true. To keep things clear for now, italicize your thesis and premises.
Phase Four consists of your refined and edited thesis paragraph, followed by your premise paragraphs. Use the checklist to ensure that your prose consists of correct formal writing.
Those of you who are bloggers might want to put your premises and conclusions in standard form and post them on your blogs, so your classmates can give you feedback.
Phase Four is due at 5 pm this Friday, October 14th, sent in the body of an email message to me and to Kyle (John) Innis. Late submissions, and those not sent to both of us, will not count for credit, but since you will have to do this phase anyway, you might as well go ahead and turn it in on time.
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