The bare bones of the five-paragraph, academic essay
A) Introduction- begins the essay by outlining the topic to
be covered
explaining to your reader
what to expect
1) Grabber- an
optional attention-getting device
2) Thesis statement- states specific focus of the essay and
opinion to
be argued
3) Preview of
three points- stated, but not explained
1)
2)
3)
B)
Body- deals with
each of the previewed points in turn using three unified
paragraphs (as covered in
class)
1)
topic sentence -supporting
sentences
-explanation
-examples
2)
topic sentence -supporting
sentences
-explanation
-examples
3)
topic sentence -supporting
sentences
-explanation
-examples
C) Conclusion- restates the introduction (restates the thesis statement, opinion to
be argued and three points) - ends
with an optional clincher
Tell them
what you are going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told
them.
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