Topic Sentences for Handout

Choose the topic sentence that goes along with the message/point of the story you have chosen.


Topic Sentence: Although the ironic ending in O. Henry's "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen"  represents the characters as foolish, their tradition still allows them to do good for one another.

OR

Topic Sentence: Although the characters in O. Henry's "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" act in a way that is selfless, the ironic ending ultimately reveals this tradition as hollow and meaningless.


Be sure to write the one that fits in the appropriate box on the handout (the box underneath the "point" you've selected.)

This is your HW, Due Friday. Do not ask me for the blog post on Friday.