1. WELCOME TO THE 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY
AND YOU ARE THE
MASTER

2. INTRODUCTION MOTIVATOR THESIS BLUEPRINT
A broad general statement about topic of essay
THESIS
State author & title
Say what essay is about
BLUEPRINT
List major points in essay

3. BODY PARAGRAPHS Topic Sentence Detail #1 Detail #2 Detail #3
Concluding Sentence
In each paragraph you should have 1 quote from the test and/or 1 example in your own words

4. CONCLUSION Thesis Blueprint Motivator/Comment Leave out title
Use author’s last name
Blueprint
Keep the same
Motivator/Comment
Show how topic relates to end of piece
My begin with: By the end of the novel…
Use NEW words if possible!
Begin this paragraph with In conclusion,

5. TRANSITIONS/TRIGGER WORDS (Top row is to start each paragraph and bottom row is to start each point)
To begin,
Next,
Last,
First,
Second,
Third,

6. TRANSITIONS/TRIGGER WORDS
To introduce a quote begin with For example,
For example, the author states: “I never knew what the sun looked like” (300).
After the quote you need to have a sentence that relates the quote to what you are discussing. Begin with This shows that
This shows that the author never had the chance to go outside when she was growing up.

7. TRANSITIONS/TR IGGER WORDS
In other words,
In summary,
To summarize,
In brief,
To finalize,
In conclusion,
(save for the conclusion paragraph)

8. INTRODUCTION
Authors use themes in their novels. A theme is the main idea of the story and usually there is more than one. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, one of his themes is loneliness. The main characters George and Lennie are lonely because they have no family, they do not settle in one place, but they do have one another.

9. CONCLUSION
In conclusion, Steinbeck’s main theme is loneliness. The main characters George and Lennie are lonely because they have no family, they do not settle in one place, but they do have one another. This theme runs throughout the entire novel; and after Lennie’s death, George is more alone that ever.