Body paragraphs

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Body paragraphs
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Essays!

• Review characteristics and techniques for writing
  an Intro
• First
• Second
• Third
• What order do you write them in?
• What is the formula for a good thesis?

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Essays

• Purpose of the body
• How many paragraphs?
• Organization Why put these paragraphs in this
  order?

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Essays

• A body paragraph
• Topic SentenceThesis of the paragraph, supports
  the thesis of the essay
• Evidence (With Lead in/out!)
• Evidence (With Lead in/out!)
• Evidence (With Lead in/out!)
• Concluding sentence (can be related to lead out)

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Incorporating evidence

• Evidence should be specific
• Evidence should prove the topic sentence
• Evidence should include explanation of its
  relevance
• Evidence should include a lead in/lead out
• Lead in For example, Smith says in his book,
  For instance, As the text says, etc.
• Lead out Explanation of why this evidence
  matters to the topic. NEVER ASSUME THE EVIDENCE
  IS SELF-EXPLANATORY!

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Transitions

• Internal and External
• Tier 1 Signpost words
• (First, Second, Next, Last)
• Tier 2 Power words and phrases
• (However, Therefore, In consequence, In contrast,
  etc.)
• Tier 3 Sentence transitions
• (Not only do Narwhals invoke mythic and fantastic
  imagery, but they also make such characteristics
  attainable and real.)
• Use Tier 1 rarely, Tier 2 internally, and Tier 3
  externally

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What is theme?

• Theme is a main idea or meaning that shows up
  throughout a piece of literature.
• Theme is NOT plot
• Dimmesdale suffers because of his hidden
  guilt.NOT theme
• Hiding our problems from the world causes us to
  sufferTheme
• Theme is more than one word
• GuiltNOT theme (this is a topic)
• The way hidden guilt causes us to sufferTheme