My Lummis Book of Writing

Paragraphs Paragraphs – a group of sentences that together c nvey a shared purpo e structured around the same topic.

Introductory Paragraphs (Introducti ns) H k (Lead / Opening Statement) – can begin with the title Anecdotal (Brief story to set the m od and lead the reader into the topic) On the corner of Carlota Boulevard and Avenue 43 sit an eccentric house that ne may even call a castle. o the mere passerby, this house may just seem like an intriguing and mysterious place with it walls made up of st nes and d orways that lead to nowhere.

Query Based (Questi n that brings the reader to the topic - av id sec nd pers n POV “you”) But if they would take just a m ment to step inside, they would be able to learn the rich history of the Lummis House and it creator, Charles Fletcher Lummis. hesis Statement (the purpo e of a piece of writing – usually ne sentence in length, but can be l nger depending n the purpo e – must be s mething that is arguable) Asserti n (claim - a subject + a “so what” about the subject) One of Charles’ mo t important acc mplishment was the South West Museum of the American Indian.

Fact (empirically verifiable but often difficult to argue extensively about - better used as evidence to support a claim) Charles Lummis was a collector, explorer, and native right activist.

Opini n (pers nal po iti n n a topic) Charles Lummis pers nified all of the oppo ing forces that aided in the settlement of the American West.

Belief (social, religious, or political in nature – an opini n held by many to be a fact, though it is not necessarily factual – often involves a judgement) It is said that Charles Lummis nly walked fr m Cincinnati to Lo Angeles, which is about 3,507 miles.

Generalizati n (uses absolute or statistical pr nouns: all, always, every, never, n ne, mo t, half – av id using this type of thesis statement unless citing the source of the data) Nearly every st ne used to build the Lummis house, which Lummis did by himself, is fr m the Arroyo Seco Riverbed.