1. Essay Terms and How to Structure an Essay
Copy these notes into your notebook.

2. DMA Wed. Sept. 18th Good Morning! This is your THIRD DMA for the week!
What makes a GOOD essay?
Write down all the various things that make a good essay.

3. Introduction Paragraph
Hook – begin your paper with a sentence or two that grabs the reader’s attention. This could be a quote from another source, an interesting fact or statistic, or an anecdote (a story to illustrate the point). Do NOT use a question.
Background Information – tell some information about your topic that will help the reader to understand your thesis statement.
Thesis –a statement that sums up what your paper will prove. Do NOT use a question here either.

4. Body Paragraphs
Topic sentence: This sentence will introduce the main idea of the paragraph. This sentence must support the thesis statement.
Evidence : Provide facts, quotes, statistics, brief stories (anecdotes) & examples to illustrate the main idea of this paragraph.
Explain the significance of the facts, quotes, statistics, stories, examples.
Transition/conclusion sentence to summarize the current main point and introduce the next main point.

5. Conclusion Paragraph
Thesis – restate the thesis from the introductory paragraph – just in different words.
Summarize main points but try to do it in a new way; avoid sounding repetitive.
Clincher sentence – the last sentence of the paper. Leave the reader with a “thought to ponder.” What do you want your readers to think, know, or do from reading your paper?

6. Now go to Quizlet.. I will check off your set of vocabulary words.
Play games to study your words!
Try to beat your scores each time.
OR take a practice test!
ONLY be on Quizlet. No other games or websites allowed!