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Parts of Essay PDF
Parts of Essay PDF
Part 1: Introduction
There are 2 purposes to the
introduction:
Guidelines:
1. Be relevant to the topic
2. Do not give details about the topic.
3. Have at least 2 sentences before
thesis statement.
4. Thesis statement comes at the end
of the paragraph.
Part 1: Introduction
Types of Introductions
Short story
Historical information
A thoughtful question
Part 1: Introduction
Called a “funnel”
Part 1: Introduction
Thesis Statement
Most important sentence in
essay
Comes at the end of the
introduction paragraph
Part 1: Introduction
Thesis Statement
Like a topic sentence:
Topic
Controlling idea
Part 1: Introduction
Thesis Statement
Three
Part 2: The Body
This is the “meat” of the essay.