You will write your paper based on George Percy’s “Discourse of the plantation of the Southern Colony of Virginia by the English, 1606”
In 2-3 pages, answer the following questions in cohesive paragraph form (that is, all questions should be answered in the course of writing your paragraphs).
- Who is our author and why did they write this?
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- What is the author hoping to achieve in this document?
- What background, expertise, or evidence did they utilize to write this document?
- What biases might they have, and how might they affect the information the author is conveying in this document?
- What is the author saying?
- What are they telling their indented audience?
- What tone or emotions are they conveying?
- Does the author’s tone help them get their point across? How?
- Why is this document significant?
- Why does this speech matter to American history?
- What does this speech tell us about 17th Century North America?
INSTRUCTIONS
Your paper should be clearly organized. The following is a recommended organization:
- Paragraph 1: introduction
- Broadly introduces the document
- Offers a thesis which your body paragraphs will support
- The easiest way to craft a thesis is around question 3: why is this document significant.
- Offers a brief road map of how the rest of the paper will support your argument.
- Paragraph 2: contextual evidence
- Responds to questions about the author and audience
- Body paragraphs
- Explain content of the document
- Talk about examples of evidence from Percy’s account
- Analyze why those speak to your thesis
- Conclusion
- Ties together previous paragraphs
- Summarizes your point without introducing new evidence
- Restates how the evidence you’ve presented supports your thesis.
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