1. The Microtheme

2. Step One: Thesis A thesis has the question restated and 3 prongs (ideas) What is our question? What three prongs support your answer to the question?

3. Step Two- Introduce 1st prong. Tell your readers what your first prong is AND use a transition word. First off,... Firstly,... First of all,... To begin with..

4. Step Three: Provide the quote from the text that proves prong one. Put it in sentence form and use citation. (page, paragraph #) Your sentence could start as: In the story, In the reading, Dahl shows us... In the story, it stated... citation first- It says on page, paragraph..

5. Step Four: Now that you have stated your prong and given a piece of evidence, this sentence explains why the quote you chose PROVES your 1st prong is CORRECT. Tell me why you are right, why your quote is right. This shows... This evidence proves...

6. Step Five: Introduce 2nd prong from thesis. Tell your readers what your second prong is AND use a transition word. Secondly,... Next... Another...

7. Step Six: Provide the quote from the text that proves prong two. Put it in sentence form. Your sentence could start as: Also in the story, it says... In the story, In the reading, Dahl shows us... In the story, it stated... citation first- It says on page, paragraph..

8. Step Seven: Now that you have stated your prong and given a piece of evidence, this sentence explains why the quote you chose PROVES your 2nd prong is CORRECT. Tell me why you are right, why your quote is right. This shows... This evidence proves...

9. Step Eight: Introduce 3rd prong from thesis. Tell your readers what your third prong is AND use a transition word. For example... The last reason why...

10. Step Ten: Provide the quote from the text that proves prong three. Put it in sentence form. Your sentence could start as: The third piece of evidence from the text states... The final evidence from Lamb to the Slaughter...

11. Step Ten: Now that you have stated your prong and given a piece of evidence, this sentence explains why the quote you chose PROVES your 3rd prong is CORRECT. Tell me why you are right, why your quote is right.

12. Step Eleven: Conclusion Restate your thesis statement but use NEW words that you haven't used before in this paragraph.