To a daughter leaving home by linda pastan

Running head: THESIS STATEMENT WORKSHEET 1

THESIS STATEMENT WORKSHEET 2

1. Your poem

a) Daystar by Rita Dove

b) To a daughter leaving home by Linda Pastan

2. Your cultural context:

From “Daystar” and “To a daughter leaving home” Based on the personal story being shared the cultural context depicted show every person role in a social setting.

3. Your topic (funnel method)

a) Broad topic: Family

b) Narrow topic: human responsibility

c) Final topic: appreciate every person

4. Your bid idea based on your topic, i.e. your arguable and defensible claim, argument, option, point of view

Base on the topic enhanced by each poem, it is clear that a family is made up of certain dimensions, which defined how people will relate.

5. Working thesis statements:

Responsibility and appreciating different individuals are the central aspect in the family context.

6. At least three key points you want to argue:

a) How family members relate

b) Importance of family

c) Responsibility as a central context in family

7. The scholarly source you plan to use.

8. Your introduction paragraph and italicized thesis statement

The family is defined by the normal approach given to the society’s traditional approach that is constituted by parents bringing up their children. As a result, every individual in a family setting has different responsibilities that define their existence. In this context, the poems “Daystar” and “To a daughter leaving home” give a description of how close members of a family feel they can depend on one another for caring guidance and support in a more realistic approach. This is further stretched by the bond defined by the daughters and the mothers in poems. Responsibility and appreciating different individuals are the central aspect in the family context.

References

Dove, R. (1986). Thomas and Beulah : poems. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press

Pastan, L. (1988). The imperfect paradise : poems. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.