1. Existentialism Essay The Outline Quiz

2. Directions: Please respond to each question of the quiz as it relates to your upcoming existential essay. While you may use any materials with you, you may not share them with anyone else in class. You may answer the questions in any order, just make sure they’re appropriately numbered.

3. Questions 1 through 5 (of 10) 1.Looking over your “Types of Leads” notes, what type of reflective lead do you want to use to begin your essay and hook your audience’s attention? 2.After reading your thesis statement, write a reflection of three to four sentences that ties into your thesis and relates to your lead. 3.In four or five sentences, summarize existentialism, its major writers, and its common themes. 4.In three to four sentences write a summary for The Stranger and, if part of your topic, The Truman Show as they relates to your thesis statement. 5.Write your complete, revised thesis statement. 1.Looking over your “Types of Leads” notes, what type of reflective lead do you want to use to begin your essay and hook your audience’s attention? 2.After reading your thesis statement, write a reflection of three to four sentences that ties into your thesis and relates to your lead. 3.In four or five sentences, summarize existentialism, its major writers, and its common themes. 4.In three to four sentences write a summary for The Stranger and, if part of your topic, The Truman Show as they relates to your thesis statement. 5.Write your complete, revised thesis statement.

4. Questions 6 through 10 (of 10) 6.Following the same order of ideas and concepts in your thesis, rewrite it using different words. 7.In three to four sentences, evaluate events in The Stranger and, if part of your topic, The Truman Show, that relate to your thesis. 8.In three to four sentences, explain how the concepts and ideas in The Stranger relates to your thesis and apply it to peoples’ lives in general. 9.Write a simile or metaphor that compares something in The Stranger to something else that helps the reader understand what you proved in your thesis. 10.Write an original title for your upcoming essay, one that would hook a reader’s attention, relates to The Stranger and what you proved regarding it. 6.Following the same order of ideas and concepts in your thesis, rewrite it using different words. 7.In three to four sentences, evaluate events in The Stranger and, if part of your topic, The Truman Show, that relate to your thesis. 8.In three to four sentences, explain how the concepts and ideas in The Stranger relates to your thesis and apply it to peoples’ lives in general. 9.Write a simile or metaphor that compares something in The Stranger to something else that helps the reader understand what you proved in your thesis. 10.Write an original title for your upcoming essay, one that would hook a reader’s attention, relates to The Stranger and what you proved regarding it.

5. The Outline Quiz