BREAKING DOWN YOUR ORGANIZATION:

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Fill in the worksheet and follow it word by word to make your essay have a strong and clear organization.

Thesis:
Argument: ______________________________________________
Three ways how/why:
1. __________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
The So What? Why should society care?
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Put it together to make 1 thesis statement sentence.
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Your thesis is the LAST sentence in the INTRODUCTION paragraph. You will
restate it as the FIRST sentence in the CONCLUSION paragraph.

Topic Sentences:
Body Paragraphs begin with topic sentences. Find your three hows/whys. The
topic sentence proves a piece of the thesis. Make a topic sentence for each one.
Take your one how/why and state how it proves your argument in one sentence.

1. __________________________________________________________
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2. __________________________________________________________
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3. __________________________________________________________
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Your topic sentence belongs in the first sentence of your body paragraph. In the
rest of the paragraph, prove how that topic sentence is true.