Writing CDW Paragraphs

What is the first sentence of a CDW paragraph? - correct answer Claim

What comes after your claim? - correct answer Transition + Data

How many pieces of data should you have in a CDW paragraph? - correct answer At least two

What do you need to put in parentheses after the data? - correct answer Your citation - author's last
name plus either page numbers or Act, Scene, and Line #

What do you put in parentheses for a Shakespeare play? - correct answer (Shakespeare Act #, Scene #,
Line #) --> (Shakespeare 5.2.27-30)

What comes after the transition, data, and in-text citation of the data? - correct answer Warrant

How many sentences should the warrant be? - correct answer 2-4 sentences per data

What should be the last sentence of your CDW paragraph? - correct answer Concluding Sentence

What is the claim of a CDW paragraph? - correct answer - first sentence of a CDW paragraph

- answers the prompt

- tells reader the argument of the paragraph

What is the transition of a CDW paragraph? - correct answer The part before the data that introduces
the data with either who, what, where, or when.

--> Example: After the Monkey King fights the other gods, he yells, "Quote" (Citation).
What is the data of a CDW paragraph? - correct answer either textual evidence or a paraphrased section
of the text that helps prove the argument

What is the warrant of a CDW paragraph? - correct answer The part that interprets the data in the
writer's own words and explains how the data proves the claim

What is the concluding sentence of a CDW paragraph? - correct answer the sentence that summarizes
what the paragraph has proved; restates thesis in a new way

How can you restate your thesis in a new way? - correct answer use synonyms; change order of words

Fix the error:

The Monkey King can't escape from the pile of rocks because of his arrogance. - correct answer Take out
contraction:

The Monkey King *cannot* escape from the pile of rocks because of his arrogance.

Fix the error:

Based on his actions, I believe that Iago is the villain of the play. - correct answer Take out first-person
pronoun "I":

Based on his actions, Iago is clearly the villain of the play.

Fix the error:

Have you ever been manipulated by another person? - correct answer Take out the second-person
pronoun "you":

What makes some people easier to manipulate than others?

Fix the error:

Iago is portrayed as the villain in the play Othello. - correct answer Take out the passive voice "is
portrayed" and make it into active voice (i.e. who is doing the action):

Shakespeare portrays Iago as the villain in the play Othello.

Fix the error:

Which makes Iago the villain of the play. - correct answer Fix the fragment (there is no clear subject):

Iago manipulates others, which makes him the villain of the play.

Fix the error:

Desdemona remains the most innocent person of the entire play, she stays loyal to Othello until the end.
- correct answer Fix the run-on (cannot separate two complete ideas with just a comma):

1) Add "because" -->

Desdemona remains the most innocent person of the entire play, *because* she stays loyal to Othello
until the end.

2) OR Add semicolon -->

Desdemona remains the most innocent person of the entire play; she stays loyal to Othello until the end.