Essays Basic Concepts

Essays and Paragraphs have very different structures. 

• True

• False

• I don´t Know

• I am not sure

Topic sentences introduce the main idea of an essay. 

• True

• False

The first part of the introduction that introduces the topic and gives some general information about it.

• Thesis Statement

• Background

• Details

• Concluding Sentence

The most important sentence in an essay. It expresses the main idea and purpose of the wh

• Supporting ideas

• Transitions

• Concluding Paragraph

• Thesis Statement

It reminds the reader of the thesis statement and summarizes the key points discussed in the body paragraph

• Topic sentence

• Body paragrah

• Conclusion

• Thesis statement

This sentence usually restates the main idea.

• Concluding sentence

• Thesis statement

• Supporting point

• Supporting detail