Essay Structure

The first sentence in a five paragraph essay is called a:

• Hook

• Thesis

• Transition Sentence

• Concluding Sentence

What is the purpose of body of the Introduction?

• Summarize your paper

• Tells your reader what you are going to tell them

• Tells them the Big Idea

• Tell them the Theme

This sentence should tell your reader what the paper is about and also help guide your writing and keep your argument focused.

• Hook

• Thesis

• Transition

• Conclusion

Hook sentence, Transition sentence, Topics and Thesis are all part of:

• Conclusion

• Body

• Introduction

What are the three parts of a five paragraph essay?

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclusion

• all of the above

What is evidence?

• Made up words
• Quote from the text and page number
• Sentence frames
• Telling what you think it says in the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the purpose of a conclusion?

• wrap up, restate the claim
• give an introduction
• summarize the evidence
• tell the main idea of a story

If you use a direct quote from the text, what should you use around your quote?

• apostrophes

• quotation marks

• commas

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What MUST follow each piece of cited evidence?

• the author's name
• an explanation
• the restating of the question

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

_______________________ (words or phrases) should be used to connect ideas and examples throughout the paragraph

• transitions

• answers

• introductions

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2