Essay Format

Select the 3rd part of a body paragraph

• Transition sentence

• Supporting details, evidence, quotes with in-text citations

• Topic sentence (big thought)

• Connecting sentence - relate the big thought to your essay

• Reasoning

Select the 4th part of a body paragraph

• Transition sentence

• Supporting details, evidence, quotes with in-text citations

• Topic sentence (big thought)

• Connecting sentence - relate the big thought to your essay

• Reasoning

Select the 5th part of a body paragraph

• Transition sentence

• Supporting details, evidence, quotes with in-text citations

• Topic sentence (big thought)

• Connecting sentence - relate the big thought to your essay

• Reasoning

What is the third part of the conclusion?

The order of paragraphs in an essay is...

• introduction, body paragraph(s), conclusion

• body paragraph(s), introduction, conclusion

• thesis, introduction, body paragraph(s), conclusion

• introduction, conclusion, body paragraph(s)

An essay presents ....

• a free flow of ideas in no specific order

• an expression of emotions

• your thoughts with organization and pre-planning

• writing without specific structure

An essay...

• always has the same length

• never has more than four paragraphs

• consists of one or multiple paragraphs

• always has five paragraphs

The main idea of your essay is called

• hook

• thesis

• topic sentence

• conclusion

Your thesis or claim should be ....

• at the beginning of your introduction

• at the end of your introduction

• repeated with slightly different words in your conclusion

• answer 2 and 3

Each body paragraph should include

• a hook

• a thesis

• details, examples, and explanations

• no more than three sentences