Warm-ups & Wrap-ups The Brain Glue & View The Body Branching Out
Do you ever wonder why some people drive the way they do?
What is the Question Attention- Getter?
Once when I was driving on I-95, a bizarre thing happened.
What is the personal story attention- getter ?
“To drive or not to drive, that is the question.”
What is the quotation attention- getter?
All of these weird driving habits are driving me crazy.
What is the summary wrap-up?
Sometimes I think most of the drivers in Miami bought their licenses at Walmart. What do you think?
What is the question wrap-up?
The main idea of the essay
What is the thesis?
In this essay I will explain various annoying driving habits
What is the “announcement” thesis?
There are over one million drivers in our fair city.
What is a dead-end thesis?
Some annoying driving habits include driving too slowly, following too closely, and changing lanes without signaling.
What is a thesis with a plan of development?
Some annoying driving habits include driving too slowly, when they follow too closely, and also to change lanes without a signal.
What is a lack of parallel structure thesis?
The main idea of each paragraph
What is the topic sentence?
The plan of development is the source for these
What are body paragraph topic sentences?
Facts, stories, examples, analysis
What are methods of support and development?
A body paragraph without an explicit topic sentence
What is an implied main idea?
A specific example used to further illustrate a detail in a body paragraph
What is a minor supporting detail?
A required part of the essay, the only place where an incomplete sentence is allowed
What is the title?
No quotation marks allowed on yours
What is the title of your essay?
Words or phrases that signal movement from one idea to the other
What are transitions?
Complete sentences, often the first sentences of body paragraphs 2 and 3, that signal the movement of one major idea to the next?
What are transitional topic sentences and/or transitional sentences?
Five to seven spaces left blank at the start of each paragraph
What are indents?
An essay structured around a list of examples
What is the exemplification essay?
An essay structured around a personal story
What is the narration essay?
An essay that focuses on similarities and differences
What is the compare and contrast essay?
An essay that analyzes the causes and/or the results of a situation
What is the Cause-Effect Essay?
An essay advocating a controversial position
What is the argument or persuasion essay?