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Title: What is an Essay?


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What is an Essay?
  • An essay, in this class, is simply a 4 paragraph
    piece of writing that is focused a single topic.

2
Why do we write essays
  • Expository To explain
  •  
  • Persuasive To persuade
  • Argumentative To intelligently debate
  • But, in school, we also write so that the teacher
    can see what you are thinking, and help you to
    get better at organizing those thoughts.

3
What are the parts of an essay?
  • 4 Paragraphs Introduction, Body Paragraph 1,
    Body Paragraph 2, Conclusion
  •  
  • Introduction (each of these 1 sentence)
  • Attention Grabber - make me want to read
  • Background Info - tell me what I need to know in
    order to understand your points.
  • Controlling Idea - what is the main idea of your
    essay
  • Thesis - what specific points will you use as
    evidence for your main idea

4
What are the parts of an essay cont.
  • Body Paragraph 1 (each 1 sentence)
  • Topic Sentence - tells me what parts of the
    thesis will be addressed in this paragraph.
  • Major 1 First big point you make.
  • Minor 1 Evidence proving your 1st big point (a
    quoteetc)
  • Commentary Your own words explaing how the
    evidence connects to your point.
  • Major 2 Second big point you make.
  • Minor 2 Evidence proving your 2nd big point (a
    quoteetc)
  • Commentary Your own words explaining how the
    evidence connects to your point.
  • Concluding statement Ties everything back to
    your topic sentence.

5
What are the parts of an essay cont.
  • Body paragraph 2
  • Samesies!!!
  • (yes, a grown man can say samesies)

6
What are the parts of an essay cont.
  • Conclusion
  •  
  • Restate Thesis
  • Summarize main points
  • Concluding statement-why is knowing this
    important?

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Essay Graphic Organizer
Introduction paragraph 1. Attention Grabber 2.
Background info 3.Controlling Idea 4.Thesis   Bo
dy paragraph(s) 5. Topic Sentence 6. Major
1 7. Minor 1(a) 8. Commentary 9. Major
2 19. Minor 2 (a) 20. Commentary 21.
Concluding statement   Conclusion paragraph 22.
Restate Thesis 23. Summarize Main points 24.
Concluding Statement
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