2.3.9Practice: Complete Your Assignment: In this assignment, you will write a two-paragraph objective summary of Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government." You will describe two of the main ideas from the text and explain how they support the author's purpose. In the process, you will maintain a confident, academic tone.
This writing assignment will focus on the following skills:
-Explaining the purpose of the text
-Paraphrasing main ideas from the text
-Maintaining an objective tone

Some things that might help:
1. What is the purpose of Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government"?

2. What are some of his main ideas that support this purpose? Jot down several ideas.

3. Which two ideas will be the focus of your essay? How are they related?

4. Write a two-paragraph summary of the parts of "Resistance to Civil Government" that develop the main ideas you want to focus on.