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Request: According to the novel Fleur (attached), write two paragraphs typically be about 6-10 sentences each.

The example is also attached. And the claim is about Female Power.

The main work your paragraphs will do is to make claims, provide them with evidences, and analyze the relationship between the two in order to prove your point. However, the individual sentences in a paragraph have a variety of functions:

T= Topic sentence/ C=Claim: announces the main idea (and often the main claim) of the paragraph

Q=qualification: qualifies, further defines, limits claims; this type of sentence happens at various points in the paragraph (ONLY if necessary; certainly wont happen with every claim/paragraph)

E=Evidence/I=Illustration: provides substantiating evidence (quote or summary from text)

EXP/ANALYSIS=explanation/analysis: explains the illustrations, draws meaning out of evidence (analysis); explains relationship between claim and evidence

*TH=these restatement: offers versions of an evolving thesis

TR= translational wording: links sentences and connects ideas within a paragraph but also connects paragraph to what precedes and follows it

SW=so what? /Conclusions: tells the reader the purpose of the paragraph; why the writer bothered to tell them this

Example: （The “Hillary as Commander in Chief” political cartoon, by Daryl Cagle, rides a line between satire and sincerity, ultimately painting a more positive picture of Hillary than a negative one.）←topic sentence ( She is decorated with fourteen badges, plus a handful of pins, and the majority of them can be interpreted as positive, even pro-Hillary. ) ←continuation claim (“Secretary of state,” “New Grandmother,” and “ I Love New York” are unambiguously positive , and they draw the attention of the eye with a soft red, soft pink, and bright white coloring against the green backdrop of her military jacket.) ←claim+ evidence ( Next we have a strand of badges relating to her relationship with Bill Clinton and her status as a woman—“Broken Heart,” “Stood By My Man,” and “No Baking Cookies.” ) ←evidence (The first two refer to Bill’s multiple affairs and sexual assault accusations and her choice to stay with him. The third refers to her statement about why she remained in politics after her husband became governor of Arkansas. ) ←explanation (While all three of these decisions invited debate amongst the public, they certainly garnered respect from her feminist followers, while the first, “Broken Heart,” attempts to draw sympathy, significantly at top left.) ←analysis ( Perhaps most importantly, the badge that reads “Moral Compass” has the arrow pointing northeast, which can be read as an endorsement of her morality.) ← further topic

（Presumably the cartoon is raising the question of what Hillary would be like as Commander in Chief, and the anxieties this raises among voters. ）←transition sentence+ topic sentence (Of course, some of the pins are critical—“Dynasty,” “Vote for War in Iraq” and “Carry 2 Phones” point to her poor judgment and corruption. ) ←evidence (However, it should be noted that a vote for the war in Iraq can be read as positive in the context of her being Commander in Chief of the armed forces, given that so many military officials endorsed the war at the time. “Carry 2 Phones” is something that many people at high levels of military and and government do, making her seem as competent as she is corrupt. “Dynast” is negative in the context of her predecessor, Bill, but does not set her apart from other high-up military officers-in face it puts her in the tradition of them.) ←Analysis Her face looks beleaguered yet strong, and her posture is upright, ultimately painting a picture of her as commander in chief that is not only positive, but realistic.