Essay Map Guided Notes

Essay Organizer

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Body Paragraph

Body Paragraph

The Introduction- General to Specific

General Opening Statement

“General Opening Statements” give an ____________________ of the topic of an essay.

The introduction should include the _________________ and the _____________ of the passages being written about.

Thesis Statement

A thesis statement ____________________ the reader exactly what the essay is going to be about, and should reword the ______________ that is being asked.

The thesis statement is the ____________ sentence of an introduction and is the ________ specific part of the introduction.

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Body ParagraphsHow to organize your body paragraphs

ExplanationTopic Sentence Examples

A topic sentence introduces the ________ __________ of your paragraph. It should introduce the way you will compare or contrast your topics.

• Topic sentences should be written in ______________

_____________.

Your examples need to ________________ your topic sentence.

• your examples _______ ____ taken right from the text. They should be ___________.

• they should be introduced with _________ __________ like “For example” and “Also.”

Your explanations must _________ _________ what the examples mean or prove.

• your explanation must _______ from

__________. It should not be written in the text.

• good explanations include the word _________ and come at the end of the paragraph.

ExplanationTopic Sentence Examples

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Conclusion

Start with a _____________ restatement.

The thesis restatement is ___________ the original ____ ________ in a a different way.

The conclusion should ________________ the most important point of the the whole _____________.

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