Quote Sandwich

Topic Sentence - contains main idea that supports thesis, and can stand alone as a claim

Intro: set up: frame – top of the quote sandwich

Nordhaus writes that we need economic growth, regardless of rising temperatures, in order to lift “the billions of people who will be stuck in poverty and disease for the indefinite future” (Nordhaus 82). PARAPHRASE. 

CRITICAL THINKING: I agree/I disagree…One the one hand, I argee; on the other hand, I disagree because… This idea is important because… We need to focus on this idea because…

[MLA Citation: author’s last name first, then page number]