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Under Water

Thesis- “I might the avoid many things: harsh words, foolish decisions, moments of inattention, regret that wash over me, like water.”

Support: “The current was so strong, and we were so incompetent, that we never got close” “When I was eighteen, I wanted to hurry through life as fast as I could.” “There are six difficulties, and Class II was not an unreasonable challenge for novice paddlers.” Establishing a Focus: From the beginning Anne Fadiman builds suspense all the way until, she establishes the focus of the essay. Fadiman starts off from the start talking about the kid’s story, and decided to put the thesis at the end of the essay. This technique of putting the thesis gives the reader a chance to think of the thesis in their heads and presents a clearer thesis when the author states what it is she has decided her thesis to be. The whole essay builds up to the point at the beginning where the thesis is stated.

The Lost Boys

Thesis: “It’s a hard Life here, but it’s a free life, too.”

Support: “In the meantime, the temperature in Fargo has dropped to 15 Below Zero” “Some 17,000 boys were separated from their families.” “The boys endured attacks
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Last January, this advice that she gave me my whole entire life, paid off. On a frigid January night, my friends and I decided to go sled riding. We went to an old street that had a towering hill that they closed in the winter. Two of my friends have trucks and we decided to sled down the enormous incline, and they would pull us up. At the bottom we were supposed to get in the bed of the truck, and then ride in the bed of the truck on the was up the hill. It was our last run and once to the bottom, Katie, Nick, and Mason decided to stay on the sled to ride to the top. I on the other hand, decided to get in the bed like we were supposed to do. That decision was a decision that was made because of my

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