Prompt:

Do you think that the society presented in Fahrenheit 451 is a free society or an oppressed society? What are the components of the society that prove it is either free or oppressed? Write one fully developed essay (3 pages, 3+ paragraphs) that expresses the different elements of the society that make it either free or oppressed.

Audience and purpose:
Assume you are writing to an educated audience that might not agree with your point of view.

Structure and Checklist:

___Carefully read pages 1-65 of Fahrenheit 451

___Write an informative yet creative title for your essay.

___ Identify the book, its author, and the general subject and focus of your essay in your introduction. You must have a thesis as the last sentence of the introduction. It must directly communicate your viewpoint on the prompt.

___ Make sure your topic sentence is an assertion (rather than a fact, question, quote, example, or statement of intent) that clearly previews your paragraph’s points.

___ Organize your supporting evidence carefully. Be sure that you explain every individual example immediately before you move on to another example. Include clear transitions.

___You must incorporate and analyze quotations from Fahrenheit 451 in this paragraph.

___ Write a strong concluding sentence that wraps up the paragraph.

___ Edit and proofread your sentences so that they are as clear and correct as possible.

___ Make sure you have one compound sentence and one complex sentence with correct punctuation in the paragraph

___ Include a properly formatted works cited page.

___ Format your paper properly: double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman font.

Related Reading Assignments:

• Fahrenheit 451  (pages 1-106) and Steps to Writing Well chapter 9 Exposition pages 193-207 (Development by Example )

Process –
You must complete and submit all of the following:

• typed final draft & works cited page
  
• typed rough draft(s) & works cited page
  
• peer review comments
  
• typed outline