Persuasive Essay Parts

What idea must be presented in the introductory paragraph?

• Call to action

• Examples and details

• Support evidence

• Position or thesis statement

How do you get the readers to do something with the information you have given in your essay?

• Do not include a conclusion

• Include a conclusion but no call to action

• Include a call to action

• Say "The End"

Without this sentence, you do not have an essay; it is what you are trying to prove in your body paragraphs.

• Thesis

• Hook

• Details

• Restated thesis

This sentence opens the first body paragraph and supports your thesis.

• Example

• Details

• Closing sentence

• Reason 1

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This is the sentence in which you provide an illustration that supports your reason.

• Closing sentence

• Specific example

• Details

• Reason 2

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This/These sentence(s) provide essential information that supports a specific example.

• Details

• Thesis

• Hook

• Counter argument

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This sentence wraps up a body paragraph by stating how the example proves the thesis and reasons as true.

• Restated thesis

• Call to action

• Closing/transition sentence

• Connecting sentence

What is the main purpose of the introduction in a persuasive essay?

• To provide evidence

• To state the thesis

• To summarize the essay

• To present counterarguments

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Which part of a persuasive essay is designed to grab the reader's attention?

• Conclusion

• Body paragraph

• Hook

• Thesis statement

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What should be included in the conclusion of a persuasive essay?

• New arguments

• A call to action

• Unrelated facts

• A new thesis

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