hotpotato answered Monday June 11 2007, 8:47 pm: what is a critical lens essay? is it a term you teacher made up or uses? is it a literary criticism/theory essay?
"in literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers"
you can paraphrase that by stating the opposite:
"good wins over evil in the end, however much evil tries to prevail" or something like that
hmm.. for a thesis in an essay for your language arts class, i don't think you need the "in literature" part. or maybe you do. in my classes we wouldn't.
if you have a specific work you are talking about it would be helpful to tell us, otherwise it would be hard to suggest topic sentences for you.
formal essays usually have 3 body paragraphs, an intro and a conclusion, making 5 paragraphs total. more is always better, but remember quality over quantity. [ hotpotato's advice column | Ask hotpotato A Question ]
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