Review

1. Title: Short and interesting
2. Hook: Capture interest with fact, question, quotation, simile or metaphor
3. Parts: Introduction, Body, Conclusion

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Moves from general to specific.

Moves from specific to general.

Comparing Paragraph & Essay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJL6gx6_VE&feature=related

Before we look at a paragraph and essay comparing work to prison, let’s look at a prisoner’s opinion. How does he describe his life in prison?

Let’s look at page 80 together.

We’ll look at a paragraph and an essay.

We’ll identify the main parts of each.

Two types of thesis (page 95)

Implied thesis: Main points are not stated directly.

Example: Buying a car is not as easy as it sounds because there are many factors to consider.

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Stated thesis: Main points are clearly stated.

Example: Buyers should keep in mind many factors when purchasing a car: price, gas mileage, and functionality.

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Identify the thesis types on pages 81, 88, and 96.

Body: Supporting Paragraphs

• Each explains one point
• Topic sentence of each paragraph states the point you will develop for that paragraph
• You can describe, give reasons, give facts, give examples, or explain in the body paragraphs

Conclusion: �

• Restate thesis + suggestion, opinion, or prediction
• To restate: Write the basic idea, but in a different way. This can be done with synonyms and by saying the same thing in a different way.

For example: house/home/place I live

car/automobile/Equis

happy/thrilled/ecstatic/walking on air

work/job/career/profession/workplace

Analyzing Essays

• We’ll practice analyzing essays before writing one.

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