Writing Prompt: Read the letter to the editor “I, Too, Have a Dream.” How does the writer use structure and language to persuade her readers and support her feelings about immigration? Write an essay using evidence from the letter to answer the question. Thesis Statement: Type your thesis statement from the last lesson here.
Body Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence:
Example from text to support topic sentence:
Explanation of how the example serves purpose:
Example from text to support topic sentence:
Explanation of how the example serves purpose:
Part 2 – Developing Body Paragraphs
Directions: Use your planning in Part 1 to write your two body paragraphs. Use complete sentences, proper grammar and punctuation, and transitions to develop your body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should have a transition at the beginning of the topic sentence and at least two within each paragraph.

Thesis: The author of this letter to the editor makes an analogy to the famous "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr Martin Luther King in the structure and organization of the essay. They use metaphors like " their words were bullets" and "fire back to the protesters" in order to convey the message that the protests they encountered were painful and doing damage to her best friend.  The author also opens with a vignette describing their encounter with the protesters.  

Explanation:

A vignette is a small impressionistic scene or small descriptive passage often used at the beginning of a piece of writing that sets a scene or describes an example the writer analyzes to get their point across to the reader.  The vignette the author of this letter uses gives a lot of detail about the protesters and what their signs and shouts were saying. A metaphor is a figure of speech likening something to an object or action that is not literally applicable. In this case, the words were not guns but the author likened them to bullets.  An analogy was made to the famous speech by MLK in the overall structure and organization of the essay to compare her friend's desire for a better life to the "American Dream" notion that the United States is the land of opportunity.