Let S Start Your Introduction for Your Five Paragraph Essay
Let’s start your introduction for your compare and contrast essay:
INTRODUCTION:
1st Sentence in your Introduction
-Should grab your audiences attention
-Pose a question
-Make a statement.
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2nd Sentence in your Introduction
-Thesis
-Tell the audience what you believe
-Where you stand
-Your convictions
-I think that…..
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3rd Sentence in your Introduction (2nd Sentence)
-How will you support your thesis?
-Save details for your supporting paragraphs
- In a four-paragraph essay you will need at least 2 supports.
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4th Sentence in your Introduction
-Concluding sentence in your introduction
-Give the reader something to think about as they read your essay.
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These are the basic component you must have in the introduction to your essay. As your writing ability strengthens, adding additional sentences to your introduction sentence or thesis statement can be used to strengthen your overall purpose of your essay.
Supporting Paragraphs #1 you only talk about the first topic here
1st Sentence in the Body
-Use Transition words: The first, second, third, finally.
- Introduce the support you will be discussing.
- Look at your introduction to your essay. Pull out the sentence you used to introduce how you were going to support your thesis.
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2nd Sentence
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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3rd Sentence in the body
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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4th Sentence in the body
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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5th Sentence in the body
-Concluding sentence.
-Rap it all up.
-These are some of the things………
-These are the reasons why
These are some of the reasons
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Supporting Paragraphs #2 you only talk about the second topic here
1st Sentence in the Body
-Use Transition words: The first, second, third, finally.
- Introduce the support you will be discussing.
- Look at your introduction to your essay. Pull out the sentence you used to introduce how you were going to support your thesis.
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2nd Sentence
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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3rd Sentence in the body
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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4th Sentence in the body
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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5th Sentence in the body
-Concluding sentence.
-Rap it all up.
-These are some of the things………
-These are the reasons why
These are some of the reasons
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Supporting Paragraphs #3 you only talk about the similarities of both
1st Sentence in the Body
-Use Transition words: The first, second, third, finally.
- Introduce the support you will be discussing.
- Look at your introduction to your essay. Pull out the sentence you used to introduce how you were going to support your thesis.
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2nd Sentence
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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3rd Sentence in the body
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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4th Sentence in the body
-Support.
-Make sure you use complete sentences.
-It needs to connect to what you are supporting.
-Stay focused on the support.
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5th Sentence in the body
-Concluding sentence.
-Rap it all up.
-These are some of the things………
-These are the reasons why/how
These are some of the reasons
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CONCLUSION:
1st Sentence in your Conclusion
-Use Transition words
-In conclusion
-Finally
- Restate your Thesis
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2nd Sentence in your Conclusion
-Restate/rephrase your supports.
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3rd Sentence in your Conclusion
-Restate/rephrase your statement in your Introduction.
- Or answer your question.
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4th Sentence in your Conclusion
-Final sentence in your Conclusion
-Give the reader something to walk away with after reading your essay.
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**** Make sure when you type your paper:
- Indent paragraphs
- Font size 12
- Title Page
- Proof read: by you and someone else.
- Revise/Edit