1. Essay Organizer The Five Paragraph Essay

2. Introduction Use the ANT Format
Attention-getter: hook the reader into your essay
Necessary Info: background of the story/history, author’s name, title, brief plot summary
Thesis: focus of your essay and tells your reader what the essay is going to be about

3. Necessary Information
Necessary Information includes:
Overview/history of topic
Major Points you will be discussing in your paper
Important background information

4. Attention Getter! How do you get the reader’s attention?
Hook activity time!

5. Attention-Getter!
Your first sentence or two of your introduction should be an attention-getter
There are multiple ways to grab your reader’s attention
A rhetorical question
A relevant quote from an outside source
Scenario
Fact or Statistic
Shocking or amusing generalization

6. Thesis Statement
A thesis is a claim or statement of a writer’s position or main point that will be explored throughout the paper.
Your last sentence of your introduction should be your thesis.

7. Thesis Statement The foundation of all good writing!
Formula for a thesis statement:
Claim + Reason
The claim is the main idea
The reason is the support for the main idea
Therefore…
The thesis statement explains to a reader the main idea of the essay, AND the writer’s opinion on that idea

8. Thesis Statement A strong thesis statement…
Is specific, not generic: fits only your essay
Helps the writer by providing a clear focal point around which to organize the rest of the essay
Helps the reader by showing the main point that your essay will explain or prove
Is a roadmap to follow through the paper

9. Body Paragraphs Use the TIQA format:
Topic Sentence
Introduce Quote
Quote
Analysis
A body paragraph explains, proves, and/or supports your paper’s thesis statement.

10. Topic Sentence
Contains the main idea of your paragraph –what your paragraph is about.
This part is a claim or is arguable.
Topic sentence should be:
Idea
Reason
Argument

11. Introduce Quote Put the quote into context
Before inserting a quote you need to provide a transition.
Examples:
When Tom visits Tim he says, “(quote)”
At the beginning the speaker says, “(quote)”
Norman believes that, “(quote)”

12. Quote/Concrete Detail
Provide your quote/paraphrase/concrete detail
Paraphrase: your own version of essential information and ideas expressed by someone else, presented in a new form.
This is the evidence: a fact from your research or an example from your reading that illustrates the claim in your topic sentence

13. Analyze
Explain to the reader the importance of the quote and how it supports your topic sentence.
WHY did you include that evidence? What does it show or explain?
HOW does your evidence explain or prove your claim (and thesis statement)?

14. So what should you write?
Analyze
So what should you write?
Always think about WHY your argument or evidence is important to the READER
Importance is usually connected to a literary term

15. Analysis Formula This These The Statement(s) Word(s) Evidence Quote
Fact
Proves
Shows
Reveals
Explains
Illustrates
Confirms
The idea that
The argument that
The claim that
The fact that
Finish thought

16. Analysis Sentence Starters
This quote [shows/proves/explains/] that…
When (the author)__________ [writes/says/states/explains] that _______________________________, this [proves/shows/means]…
In other words…
This implies that…
One could infer that…
This explains (or could explain)…

17. Analyze Possible reasons for WHY your argument/evidence is important
Creates suspense/tension/foreshadowing for the reader
Develops a character (trait)- static & dynamic
Create/develop a conflict (internal/external)
Effects the plot and/or the characters
Creates mood/atmosphere
Develops the main idea/theme
Creates irony (verbal/dramatic/situational)
Creates a symbol of…
Connects the reader

18. Closing Sentence Make sure each paragraph has a closing sentence.
This should re-state the topic sentence in some form.
It is also a transition sentence that finished one idea and transitions to a new one in the next paragraph.

19. TIQA Review Your body paragraphs should provide a topic sentence.
The rest of the paragraph should provide background for a quote or paraphrase.
Then you should provide that quote/example.
After you provide that quote/example, you should explain how it supports your thesis statement.
DO NOT tell your reader what the quote means; this can lead to a summary. You need to analyze!!