Name: _______________________________ Essay Skeleton Directions: Using the information from your scavenger hunt and your knowledge of essay writing. Fill in the appropriate boxes. Introductory Paragraph Hook statement: Background information for all three sources (should be a quick synopsis for each one in which you introduce the author, the title of the work, and a one to two sentence description for each piece):
Thesis statement: 1st body paragraph (The Outsiders and a secondary text that argues your thesis)—Topic: Transition and topic sentence: Evidence from The Outsiders which argues your thesis:
Explanation of this evidence in connection to your thesis (why is this evidence important to your argument?): Transition into evidence and the evidence from your second source:
Explanation of this evidence in connection to your thesis (why is this evidence important to your argument?): Restate your thesis and make a reference to the two sources you used in this paragraph: 2nd body paragraph (The Outsiders and the other text which argues your thesis)—Topic: Transition and topic sentence: Evidence from The Outsiders which argues your thesis:
Explanation of this evidence in connection to your thesis (why is this evidence important to your argument?): Transition into evidence and the evidence from your second source:
Explanation of this evidence in connection to your thesis (why is this evidence important to your argument?): Restate your thesis and make a reference to the two sources you used in this paragraph: 3rd body paragraph (the two texts)—Topic:________________________________ Transition and topic sentence: Evidence from text 1 which argues your thesis:
Explanation of this evidence in connection to your thesis (why is this evidence important to your argument?): Transition into evidence and the evidence from your second source:
Explanation of this evidence in connection to your thesis (why is this evidence important to your argument?): Restate your thesis and make a reference to the two sources you used in this paragraph: Conclusion: Transition plus restated thesis: Two sentence recap of what you discussed in body paragraph 1:
Transition plus a two sentence recap of what you discussed in body paragraph 2: Restated thesis: