Would you or would you not consider Franklin a spiritual descendant of the Puritans

Based on your readings, would you or would you not consider Franklin a spiritual descendant of the Puritans?

Explain your answer in detail and use specific examples from the text. Remember: to cite and reference any sources that you may use, including the primary text itself. Use MLA formatting and standards.

All the readings are linked below. you will shape all of your posts by following this Paragraph Plan!! ( Specific requirements in the attached file

Read Franklin, Autobiography

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/148/148-h/148-h.htm

or/and listen The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

you should Google ‘Benjamin Franklin’ and the ‘American Enlightenment.’

To begin, you might want to select key quotes that you found interesting while reading. Once you get those quotes in place, complete the paragraph plan by filling out your main idea (also known as topic sentence) and then, your analysis. Once you have your body paragraphs in place (2-3), examine those paragraphs. Use those paragraphs to craft your thesis and introduction. Once the introduction and body paragraphs are in place, move on to writing your conclusion. At that point, you are reading to proofread and to ensure that your MLA citations are in place. We’ll use this writing process each week, and the more you practice the process, the faster the process will become.


In that case, your paragraph might look like this:

main idea/

definition cited in MLA format

quote from the literature to show that definition and main idea in action

analysis to tease out the connections you’ve made with the main idea and evidence

Please note: you will need to cite your source in MLA format.