WRITING

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WRITING

• The Three-Point, Five Paragraph Essay

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Three Parts

• Introductory Paragraph
• Body Paragraphs
• Conclusion

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Writing

• The Introductory Paragraph

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Its all about
Catching the Reader's Interest
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Three Parts
Introduction
Thesis Statement
Tone
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a.k.a. The Hook
A HOOK is an ATTENTION GETTING Introduction!
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Five Introductions

• Historical Review 
• Anecdotal
• Surprising Statement
• Name Dropping
• Declarative

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Historical Review 

• Start with background information

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Anecdotal

• Begin with a story or example

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Surprising Statement

• State a startling fact or adopt an usual
  position

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Name Dropping

• Mention a famous person or use an appropriate
  quotation

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Declarative

• Begin with a simple statement of your thesis

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TONE

• TONE is the feeling you convey about the topic.
• Choose and write your introduction in a way that
  will set the tone of the essay.

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THESIS STATEMENT

• The main idea, like the topic sentence in a
  paragraph.
• It lets the reader know exactly what youll be
  writing about and how you intend to present it in
  three points.

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NO LOUSY WRITING

• Hello, my name is
• I am writing about
• My next paragraph is about
• Well,

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Writing

• Body Paragraphs

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Body Paragraphs 

• Your job Explain three points about your
  thesis in three paragraphs.
• Why three? Its a good number.
• You could try for four, but beyond that is TOO
  much. Keep it simple!

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Body Paragraphs 

• Develop the main points of the composition by
  giving support to the main idea in the thesis.

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A Body Paragraph 

• 1. Starts with a transition.

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A Body Paragraph  

• 2. Has a topic sentence that contains an
  appropriate idea from thesis.

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A Body Paragraph  

• 3. Contains one to three explanatory sentences.

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A Body Paragraph  

• 4. Contains two to four sentences with specific
  details.

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A Body Paragraph

• 5. Keeps the reader interested with
• - details that are colorful, interesting and
  appropriate.
• - unity and coherence

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A Body Paragraph
6. Ends with a good closing sentence.
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Again, NO LOUSY WRITING

• Next I am going to tell you
• In this paragraph I am writing about
• That is all I have to say about
• Now,
• Well

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Writing

• The Conclusion

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The CONCLUSION

• Dont
  leave your reader
• HANGING!

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Leave two things

• A final impression
• A sense of
• completeness
• How?

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Six Conclusions

• Say it again!
• Sum it up!
• Show it!
• Speak it!
• Stir it up!
• Send it!

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Say it again!

• Restate your main idea in newer, stronger words.

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Sum it up!

• Summarize your major points

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Show it!

• Close with a final idea or example

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Speak it!

• End with a final thought or comment on the topic

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Stir it up!

• Call on your readers to take action

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Send it!

• Make a reference to your introduction

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NO LOUSY CONCLUSIONS!

• Thats all I have to say about
• Well,
• I hope you liked this

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WRITING

• Good Luck!