Essay elements

The paragraph in an essay which may restate the thesis statement, give an opinion, predict the future, offer suggestions, and connect the previous paragraphs in a coherent way.

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclusion

The road map of the essay. In a 5-paragraph essay, it contains 3 key ideas, one for each body paragraph.

• Paraphrase

• Thesis statement

• Brainstorm

• Introduction

This is a sentence or two that captures the readers' attention, so that they are encouraged to read more.

• Thesis statement

• Body

• Conclusion

• Hook

The process of writing as much as possible within a set time limit before writing the first draft.

• Freewriting

• Brainstorming

• Thesis statement

• Hook

Writing many ideas for an essay, before organizing them in an outline.

• Freewriting

• Brainstorming

• Plagiarizing

• Paraphrasing

This is the process of writing, in your own words, about what you have read or heard someone else say. If this process is used in an academic essay, citation is needed.

• Plagiarizing

• Paraphrasing

• General to specific

• Thesis statement

This is an organizational style for writing an introduction, going from broad to precise statements.

• General to specific

• Thesis statement

• Plagiarizing

• Paraphrasing

This overview sentence is usually written at the beginning of each body paragraph.

• Thesis sentence

• Thesis statement

• The conclusion

• Topic sentence

The paragraph in an essay which guides the reader on what the essay is going to be written about and how it will be organized.

• The introduction

• Thesis sentence

• Topic sentence

• The conclusion

An essay written before the final version is completed.

• Plagiarizing

• Hook

• First draft

• Brainstorm