I am going to write an essay about Rosa Parks. Introduce

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5 Paragraph Essay Hints

• Introduction
• 3 Body Paragraphs
• Conclusion

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Planning and Outlining

• Decide on an idea
• Narrow your focus
• Outline
• Topic (rephrased in your own words)
• Position (Thesis)
• Main Idea 1 with detail
• Main Idea 2 with detail
• Main Idea 3 with detail
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Capture the readers interest
• Example A Michigan museum recently paid
  490,000.00 for an old bus.
• What NOT to do I am going to write an essay
  about Rosa Parks.
• Introduce your topic
• Give some background on your topic
• Make a claim or express your idea in a thesis
  statement
• Thesis Main point of your essay

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Body Paragraphs

• 3 paragraphs each with one main idea
• Back up the main ideas with supporting details
• At least 3 supporting details should be included
• Dont forget transitions at the beginning of each
  paragraph.
• Sample transition words similarly, likewise, On
  the whole, as a result, first, next, lastly

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Conclusion

• Restate your thesis FIRST
• Summarize your three main body paragraph points
• Conclusion sentence
• (At least 5 sentences)

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Helpful Hints

• Dont use you
• Any number under 10, write out
• Thesis goes at the END of the first paragraph
• Transitions at the BEGINNING of each paragraph
• Dont start conclusion saying In conclusion
• If you want to use a semicolon, there must be a
  complete sentence after it.
• Dont forget to reread your essay for grammar and
  spelling mistakes.