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    This document provides an outline for writing an essay, including sections for the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The introduction should contain a hook sentence, a question-specific sentence, and a clear thesis statement that expresses the writer's opinion on the topic. The body paragraphs will each focus on one of two main reasons provided in the introduction to support the thesis. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence introducing the reason, along with two or three examples. The conclusion restates the thesis and summarizes the main points covered in the essay.

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    This document provides an outline for writing an essay, including sections for the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The introduction should contain a hook sentence, a question-specific sentence, and a clear thesis statement that expresses the writer's opinion on the topic. The body paragraphs will each focus on one of two main reasons provided in the introduction to support the thesis. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence introducing the reason, along with two or three examples. The conclusion restates the thesis and summarizes the main points covered in the essay.

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    This document provides an outline for writing an essay, including sections for the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The introduction should contain a hook sentence, a question-specific sentence, and a clear thesis statement that expresses the writer's opinion on the topic. The body paragraphs will each focus on one of two main reasons provided in the introduction to support the thesis. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence introducing the reason, along with two or three examples. The conclusion restates the thesis and summarizes the main points covered in the essay.

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    This document provides an outline for writing an essay, including sections for the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The introduction should contain a hook sentence, a question-specific sentence, and a clear thesis statement that expresses the writer's opinion on the topic. The body paragraphs will each focus on one of two main reasons provided in the introduction to support the thesis. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence introducing the reason, along with two or three examples. The conclusion restates the thesis and summarizes the main points covered in the essay.

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    Name: _________________________ Class: ___________ Essay Format

    Mind map = ideas + vocabulary related to the topic

    T’ chart = positives/benefits + negatives/drawbacks related to the topic

    positives/benefits negatives/drawbacks

    Writing Skills: Essays


    Paragraph 1: The Introduction:
    This is the most important paragraph in your essay because it introduces the topic.
    It tells the reader what is coming next, what your opinion is and why you have that opinion.

    Sentence 1: The Hook = This sentence introduces the main topic – the big picture
    Your sentence 1: ________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

    Sentence 2: The Bridge = Question specific = paraphrase the question


    Your sentence 2: ________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

    Sentence 3: Thesis Statement: This sentence is where you get to state your opinion.
    It is the most important sentence in the essay and everything you write after this is related to it.
    It has to be clear and concise – the reader MUST fully understand your point of view – it does NOT matter if they
    agree or not.

    Suggested opening phrases for this sentence are:


    It is clear that …….. It is beyond doubt that ……
    It is crystal clear that…… It is incontrovertible that ……
    It is obvious that ……… It is irrefutable that………
    There is no doubt that ….
    Your sentence 3: ________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

    Sentence 4: Now you need to tell the reader why you believe what you have said you believe.
    Ideally you offer 2 main reasons in support of your thesis statement.
    Your sentence 4: _________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

    Sentence 5: This is a generic statement that leads the reader into the next paragraph.
    Suggestions:

    What will this look like? What will this look like in reality?
    What could happen in the future? How can this work in the real world?
    How could this work? How can this be possible?

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    Name: _________________________ Class: ___________ Essay Format

    We will now look at the format of the main body paragraphs – these will make up about 60% - 70% of your essay
    and need to be organised so that the reader can understand your argument.

    In the introduction, you identified 2 main reasons to support your opinion = sentence 4.
    These reasons now become the main topic of each of your main body paragraphs.
    Reason 1: ________________________________________ Reason 2: ____________________________________

    Each of the paragraphs will need to have a topic sentence – a sentence that introduces the reason that supports
    your thesis.
    Write your 1st topic sentence in the space below.
    Paragraph 2: Topic sentence 1: _____________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________
    Once we have provided the reader with the reason we need to provide some examples to illustrate this reason.
    2 or 3 are usually enough.
    Example 1: _______________________________________ Example 2: ___________________________________
    Example 3: _______________________________________

    Repeat the process for the second main body paragraph.


    Paragraph 3: Topic Sentence 2: ____________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________
    Example 1: ____________________________________ Example 2: ______________________________________
    Example 3: ____________________________________

    Paragraph 4: Refutation = opposing arguments


    Opposing argument 1: ____________________________________________________________________________
    The reason it is incorrect: __________________________________________________________________________
    Opposing argument 2: ____________________________________________________________________________
    The reason it is incorrect: __________________________________________________________________________

    Paragraph 5: The conclusion must restate your thesis and summarize the essay's main points. If it doesn't do this,
    then it's a bad conclusion.

    In order to write the conclusion, we have to look at three important sentences in our essay.
    We look at our thesis statement and we look at our two topic sentences.

    Now we simply put them all into one paragraph, beginning with the thesis statement:
    Maybe you have noticed that we made small changes to the thesis statement and topic sentences. This is because
    it's not good to copy the sentences exactly--it's boring for the reader. These changes give our writing more variety.
    We also added two transitional phrases to our conclusion: in conclusion and moreover.

    Thesis Statement: ________________________________________________________________________________


    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

    Topic Sentence 1: ________________________________________________________________________________


    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

    Topic Sentence 2: ________________________________________________________________________________


    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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