Expository Essay Structure

What are the three MAIN parts of an essay?

• Thesis, examples, details

• introduction, body, conclusion

• prompt, introduction, hook

• details, examples, analysis

Each body paragraph should contain_________.

• topic sentence, evidence, analysis, link back

• More reasons

• personal opinions

• vague examples

What should you have in your INTRODUCTION?

• Lot's of ideas and examples

• Thesis statement

• Hook & thesis statement

• Topic sentence

What should you do in your examples to get a higher scoring essay?

• List lots of reasons why they should think like you do

• Give specific examples that "name-drop."

• You don't need examples as long as you have a good thesis.

• Repeat what you've already said, but in different words.

A thesis statement should have a _____________ and ____________.

Write a thesis statement for the following prompt: Write an essay explaining why social media is important to teens. You MUST use the thesis statement formula to get credit, and should have TWO reasons.

A topic sentence _______.

• Is the first sentence in the body paragraph

• Introduces the topic for the body paragraph

• Doesn't introduce any new ideas

• All of the above

What should your FIRST body paragraph be about?

• More reasons

• Reason 2 from your thesis

• Your opinions on the prompt

• Reason 1 from your thesis

What should your SECOND body paragraph be about?

• The second reason from your thesis

• More reasons

• Your hook

• The first reason from your thesis

What is the highest score you will earn if you don't have a thesis statement?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4