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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
