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Professor Grimstead
FYW 1000c Sec
15 October 2019
Essay 3 Assignment
Berger, John. A Fortunate Man. The Story of a Country Doctor.
Excerpt. New York, Penguin Random House, Paperback, 1997.
nonf iction text that describes the daily work of a general
who live in this poor, rural area of England. In early l960s
America, this type of doctor-patient relationship was prevalent
also.
Write a 750-word essay. In Essay 3, one excerpt quotation is
permitted with MLA in-text citation, paraphrasing. Do not copy
class. For the in-class exercise, answers to questions will be
graded.
Essay Outline
Introduction - Include title, genre, author's name, two facts
(limit to two sentences) about the author, text excerpt
timeframe, text excerpt setting, and what type of accident occurs
in the excerpt.
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quality or tone of the doctor's speech is noticeable to identify
and examine? In the doctor's speech, how does this quality
maintain the calm? In a crisis, how can an authority f igure
contain or reduce hysteria with the tone of his or her voice?
Context - Write a comparison paragraph that includes a
contemporary description of a doctor-patient interaction, wait-
time, length of time spent with doctor; procedures performed by
doctor's interactions and procedures in the excerpt.
Evidence/support - Text example that supports the thesis
statement.
statement.
Conclusion - Restatement of the thesis
Text Excerpt In-class Close Reading Questions
points. Do not answer questions with quotations from the text
excerpt except #4.
l. What is the woodman's name who is injured?
2. A stretcher to move the injured woodman is not available. How
does the doctor improvise?
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sentence and place in quotation marks.
5. Who is the only female in this excerpt?