Step Up to Writing Paragraph

A sentence that introduces the main idea of your body paragraph in your extended response essay

• Claim/thesis

• Transition phrase

• Topic sentence

• Mic drop

A concluding sentence ...

• Introduces the body paragraph

• Summarizes your main point in your body paragraph

• Goes after the quote in your body paragraph

• Doesn't go in the body paragraph

What is the purpose of transitions and transition sentences?

• To add more detail

• To take up space

• To help the paper flow well

• To help show how ideas relate to each other

What is a topic sentence?

• A sentence that tells what the paragraph is about

• A sentence that is a question or a fact about the topic

• A sentence that hooks the reader into your story

• A sentence that concludes the paragraph

Your interesting details about your topic should be. . .

• in your first sentence.

• part of the body paragraph.

• your topic sentence.

• at the end of your essay.

The part of the paragraph that moves the reader from one idea to another.

• key/star idea

• elaboration, explanation, evidence, examples

• transitions

• conclusion

• topic sentence

The part of the paragraph that offers up reasons to support the main topic.

• key/star idea

• elaboration, explanation, evidence, examples

• transitions

• conclusion

• topic sentence

This section of the paragraph goes into more details and makes connections to the subject of the paragraph.

• key/star idea

• elaboration, explanation, evidence, examples

• transitions

• conclusion

• topic sentence

The part of the paragraph that identifies what the paragraph will be about.

• key/star idea

• elaboration, explanation, evidence, examples

• transitions

• conclusion

• topic sentence

The part of the paragraph that restates the idea of the paragraph, summarizes the main ideas, and brings the paragraph to a close.

• key/star idea

• elaboration, explanation, evidence, examples

• transitions

• conclusion

• topic sentence