Directions:
1. Read the introduction of a recent article below on a general topic:
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Picture the best chocolate chip cookie you’ve ever tasted. Is it crisp and buttery? Soft and chewy? Studded with semisweet chocolate chips or packed with chunks of dark chocolate? Are there a few flakes of salt scattered on top to balance out the sweetness?
If you’re like most people, your dream cookie has it all: A crispy, buttery outside with a barely underbaked, chewy interior and lots of flavorful chocolate dispersed throughout. And of course, it’s warm and melty, still fresh out of the oven.
We’ve searched far and wide over the years to find the best chocolate chip cookie recipe, with sweet results. But we can’t always grab a warm cookie off the cooling rack, so we wanted to find out which store-bought version would hit the spot the next time a craving hits. The cookie aisle at most supermarkets and convenience stores is packed with chocolate chip cookies of all sizes, textures, and chocolate types. But, we want to find out which cookie stands out from the crowd.
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2. This is just the introduction to a longer, multi-paragraph article of about four pages.
3. Now read this introduction again and look at how the writer uses the first few paragraphs to introduce the topic.
4. At the beginning of a text, such as an article or any piece of writing, the author has to
engage the reader’s attention,
introduce the overall topic to the reader,
decide what the reader may already know about the topic, and/or give more information needed to understand the topic
present the thesis–the important message or point about this topic that the writer wants the reader to get.
5. ASSIGNMENT: For each of the bulleted points above,
answer HOW the writer connects to the reader in 1-2 sentences for each point.
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