Intro

Many people believe that _________—that ________. Others, however, argue that _________—

that ________. By looking at the novel Asking Alice by Julie Marsh, the life of William Penn, a

visionary Quaker proprietor, and the life of Jön Jacob Berzelius, a renowned chemist who

significantly contributed to the development of the periodic table, we can conclude that

__________thesis statement_________ because _______two or three reasons_______.

*eliminate William Penn if needed.

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First of all, ______reason_____. Asking Alice is a novel about _______statement that

supports these________. The story traces the tragic circumstances the main protagonist, Alice,

battles throughout her life, from her parentless childhood in New York to the abject poverty she

endured throughout her adulthood. However, the narrative also highlights the keen wit, strong

will, and unrelenting courage Alice remarkably displayed upon facing ill-fated events.

Body Paragraph II.

Second of all ____reason_____. William Penn, an English real estate entrepreneur,

Quaker, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, lived during the mid-17th and early-18th

centuries. Known as an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, Penn set forth

liberal policies in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government, which later served as an inspiration

for the United States Constitution.

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Third of all _____reason______. Jön Jacob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, made

significant strides during his lifetime in accurately measuring the atomic masses of various

elements, as well as forming the modern technique of chemical formula notation. Not

surprisingly, he is considered a father of modern chemistry.