Essay Writingand how to teach it.

David Murphy

The Five Paragraph Essayand its parts

Introduction

BodyConclusion

The Function of the Partshow the five paragraph essay works

Introduction – Organizes the essay, sets the structure, and tells the audience what the essay will talk about

Body—provides details, support, logic, and/or examples

Conclusion—restates the main idea of the essay and provides closure

An Easy Wayto remember the parts of the five paragraph essay

Introduction: Tell ´em what you´re gonna tell ´em.

Body: Tell ´em.

Conclusion: Tell ´em what you told ´em.

ThesisThe term "thesis" comes from the Greek θέσις.It means"something put forth"and refers to an intellectual proposition.

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The Thesisand its function

The thesis is your

argument,or opinion.

paper´s claim,

Give an example of a thesis.

Topic Sentenceswhere they go and what they do

Where do you think

topic sentences

go? What do you think

topic sentences do?

Topic Sentenceswhere they go and what they do

Topic sentencesgo at the beginning of body paragraphsand the conclusion.

Topic sentences introduce the paragraph´s topic.

Transition Wordswhat they are and what they do

Transition words move the writing smoothly from one

idea to the next.

Transition Wordswhat they are and what they do

Agreement / Addition / Similarityin the first placenot only ... but alsoas a matter of factin like mannerin additioncoupled within the same wayfirst, second, thirdandalsothen

in light ofnot to mentionto say nothing ofequally importantby the same tokenagaincorrespondinglysimilarlyfurthermoreadditionally

equallyidenticallyuniquelyliketoomoreoveras well astogether withof courselikewisecomparatively

Opposition / Limitation / Contradiction

Transition Wordswhat they are and what they do

although this may be truein contrastdifferent fromof course ..., buton the other handon the contraryat the same timein spite ofeven so / thoughbe that as it maythen againabove all

but(and) stillunlikeor(and) yetwhilealbeitbesidesas much aseven thoughalthoughinsteadwhereas

in realityafter alldespiteconverselyotherwisehoweverratherneverthelessnonethelessregardlessnotwithstanding

Transition Wordswhat they are and what they do

Cause / Condition / Purposein the event thatgranted thatas / so long ason condition that

with this intentionwith this in mindin the hope thatto the end thatfor fear thatfor the purpose of

in order toseeing / being thatin view of

If... thenunless whenwheneverwhile

in caseprovided thatgiven thatonly / even ifso thatso as toowing toinasmuch asdue to

because ofassincewhilelest

Transition Words

what they are and what they do

overallordinarilyusuallyby and largeto sum upon the wholein any event

Conclusion / Summary / Restatement

as can be seengenerally speakingin the final analysisall things consideredas shown abovein the long rungiven these pointsas has been notedin a word

in essenceto summarizeon balancealtogether

in either caseall in all obviouslyultimatelydefinitely

for the most partafter allin factin summaryin conclusionin shortin brief

Formatting Titles

Capitalize the first word of the titleand capitalize the:• nouns• verbs• pronouns• adverbs• adjectives• WH- words

Rules

Do not capitalize• articles• conjunctions• prepositions

Contact Information

David MurphyEnglish Language Fellowwww.comexus.org.mxELFPachuca@gmail.com