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This presentation is designed to introduce your students to the elements of an organized essay, including the introduction, the thesis, body paragraphs, topic sentences, counterarguments, and the conclusion.
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The document outlines the typical parts of an essay, including the introduction with a hook, thesis, and transition sentence; body paragraphs with a topic sentence, details and examples, and concluding sentence; and conclusion with a summary and clincher.
This document defines and provides examples of seven common types of essays: descriptive, narrative, cause and effect, compare and contrast, process, expository, and persuasive/argumentative. A descriptive essay provides sensory details about a person, place, or thing.
The essay should be a coherent and logical piece of analytical prose that, in the first place, answers the question set and, in the second place, cogently argues, carefully documents, and clearly expresses your case. Writing an essay is almost always a process of writing and revising.
This presentation is designed to introduce your students to the elements of an organized essay, including the introduction, the thesis, body paragraphs, topic sentences, counterarguments, and the conclusion.
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Introductions: general, provide background information, at least one paragraph in length, help set up a writer’s argument. Thesis Statements: specific, precise, usually one or two sentences in length, focus on paper’s purpose, list writer’s position and reasons for it, found in the introduction. Introductions (according to UNC.edu)