Essay Prompt

Midterm Prompt
What one common thing did Cisneros and Tan understand (or realize or learn) from being the children of immigrants?
Your FOUR-paragraph essay must follow this structure (your work will be an actual essay–NO bullet points):

• Introduction paragraph:
  • Use “The Chinatown Idea” as a part of the introduction/hook
  • State the thesis statement (underline this)
• Body paragraph 1:
  • State the topic sentence regarding “Only Daughter” (underline this)
  • Support and develop
• Body paragraph 2:
  • State the topic sentence regarding “Mother Tongue” (underline this)
  • Support and develop
• Conclusion paragraph:
  • State the concluding statement (underline this)
  • Add closing remarks

Requirements

• Partial and/or full quotes from all three stories (even “The Chinatown Idea”)
• Third-person perspectives only.  No first person (I, we, me, our, etc.) and second person (you, your, etc.)–except within quotes, of course.
• Effective and clear transitions
• Substantial amount of work–about 22-30 sentences total.
• Four paragraphs only–not more, not fewer.