Constructing an Essay

What is the purpose of an introduction paragraph?

• The second body paragraph that supports the focus with details.

• Gets the reader’s attention and provides background information about the topic.

• The controlling idea or focus of the essay.

• The first body paragraph that supports part of the focus with details.

What is the purpose of the thesis?

• The second portion of a controlling idea.

• Gets the reader’s attention and provides background information about the topic.

• The first portion of a controlling idea.

• The controlling idea or focus of the essay.

What is the purpose of Proof Paragraph 1 in the painted essay?

• Reminds the reader of the focus and wraps up the 2 controlling ideas.

• The first body paragraph that supports part of the focus with details.

• The first portion of a controlling idea.

• Gets the reader’s attention and provides background information about the topic.

What is the purpose of the conclusion in the Painted Essay?

• The second portion of a controlling idea.

• Gets the reader’s attention and provides background information about the topic.

• Reminds the reader of the focus and wraps up the 2 controlling ideas.

• The controlling idea or focus of the essay.

Which type of information should not be provided in the hook statement of the introduction?

• Quote --memorable line from a famous figure in history. Make sure you mention the speaker’s name.

• Vivid description--Detailed description of an event..Plot, action, etc.

• Question-- Ask a question to draw your reader’s attention.

• It tells the topic/position of your paper.

Which information should be provided in the background information of your introduction?

• Title/Author/Characters/Obstacles/Gists

• Definition--Define a term that is closely related to your topic.

• Tells the focus (Kakuma/Roles of Women/Lost Boys in America)

• Identifies One similarity and One difference

What type of hook is this?

The Second Sudanese Civil War was a tragedy for millions. Thousands of boys fled the fighting and walked through three countries searching for safety.

• Question-- Ask a question to draw your reader’s attention.

• Definition--Define a term that is closely related to your topic.

• Vivid description--Detailed description of an event..Plot, action, etc.

• Quote --memorable line from a famous figure in history. Make sure you mention the speaker’s name.

What section of the introduction is this?

They were called the “Lost Boys.” Their story is unforgettable and has been told many ways. A Long Walk to Water, a novel by Linda Sue Park, tells the story of Salva. In the author’s note, Park explains, “some of the details in this story have been fictionalized, but the major events depicted are based on Salva’s own experiences.” John Deng Langbany’s article “One Day I Had to Run” is about a similar journey. His article is nonfiction.

• Hook

• Background information

• Focus statement

What section of the introduction is this?

Comparing the two texts shows how Park used historical events in the novel. Many of the same major events are described in both texts. However, the authors focus their attention differently in the two accounts.

• Hook

• Background information

• Focus statement

Which words indicate similarities?

• Besides, Both, Comparatively, Even when, in comparison, in the same way, just as, moreover,

• Although, besides, but, compared with, conversely, differ, different from, even though