The five paragraph essay

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Expository Essay

• The five paragraph essay

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• The introduction should consist of 4 sentences
• The hook
• The statement of situation
• Theme
• Thesis

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Hook

• The first sentence of an essay should capture
  the readers attention.
• Santiago stares silently as the sharks devour his
  greatest accomplishment.

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Statement of Situation

• A sentence that establishes the topic of the
  paper. It should be limited in scope.
• In Hemingways The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago
  stoically fights an unwinnable battle against
  nature.

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Theme

• The authors main idea a universal truth
  developed by the author.
• Hemingway illustrates how man can be destroyed,
  but he can never be defeated.

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Thesis

• The main, controlling idea of an essay.
• Subject verb opinion 3 sub-topics to
  support your opinion.

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Through _______, ________, and _________,
(subject) (active verb) (opinion). Through
Santiago, the marlin, and the sharks, Hemingway
creates symbols that reinforce his theme that man
can never be defeated.
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Body Paragraphs
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Body Paragraphs

• The body paragraph should develop one main idea
  (one of the three sub-topics in your thesis
  statement.)

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Topic Sentence

• The main idea of the paragraph. It should state
  the topic of the paragraph and explain how the
  sub-topic proves or reinforces your thesis
  opinion.
• The protagonist of novel, Santiago, symbolizes a
  Christ figure who endures great suffering, yet
  refuses lose his self-respect.

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Concrete Detail

• Concrete Detail is a direct quote from the novel
  or literature. You must add quotes to support
  your main idea.
• State the speaker of the line before the quote.

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Santiago reflects, Man is not made for defeat a
man may be destroyed, but he can never be
defeated.
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Concrete Detail

• When writing an expository Interpretive Essay,
  use
• short specific anecdotes (narrative stories,)
• current events
• specific references to movies or television
  shows,
• specific references to novels or plays to support
  your ideas.

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Commentary

• Commentary explains how the quote supports or
  reinforces your thesis opinion. Choose specific
  words, images, symbols, etc to focus your
  commentary onexplain how and why the quote is
  significant.

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• Santiagos wounded hands symbolize the
  wounds of Christ, otherwise known as stigmata.
  Hemingway creates this symbolic allusion to show
  how the common man can endure great suffering
  without losing his will to live. Indeed,
  Santiago does not allow events in the novel to
  defeat his soul.

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Coherence

• Commentary must explain how your concrete details
  supports your thesis

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Transitions

• Use transitions to move from one idea to the
  next.
• Moreover, however, although, In addition,
  furthermore, unlike, etc.

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Structure Topic Sentence Concrete detail 1 3
sentences of commentary Concrete detail 2 3
sentences of commentary
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Conclusion
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Restate your thesis or main idea in different
words. Explain how your sub-topics prove the
thesis. Clincher connect final sentence back to
the hook
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Tips Do not use I, you, our, my, etc in formal
essays. All verbs should be present tense Never
add anything new to the conclusion