Introduction

• - Advances a thesis

TOPIC SENTENCE: "English is the richest for the purposes of writing poetry"

• - Defines what the thesis concerns BUT
• o gives examples introduced by ":" (l.5-8) and concerned by "and even" (l.9)

• - Confirms the thesis (l.11)
• - Makes a statement (l.12) and denies it ("But", l.14) to introduce the first argumentation.

Body

• § First paragraph:

•-          Support the thesis with a series of argumentations:

•o       Divided into three topics:

•·        Vocabulary

•·        Linguistic elements  organized following a chronological criterion (Periods: Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, Danish, Norman, Renaissance)

•·        Rhythm

•o       Introduced by logical connectors ("First" l.17, "After this" l.19, "Then" l.20, "After this" l.21, "Another" l.28, "But" l.28-29, "First of all" l.33, "Also" l.35, "And even" l.36)

• § Second paragraph:

•-          Affirms again the statements of the introduction + examples

Conclusion

• - Draws conclusions about art in spite of the language
• - Makes consideration about characteristics of European literature

Simone Rijavec

Fabiola Salvador

 IV A