1. 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):

2. 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:

3. 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:

4. 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:

5. 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:

6. 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:

7. 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:

8. 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:

9. Transition plus a two sentence recap of what you discussed in body paragraph 2:
Restated thesis: