The Introductory and Concluding Paragraph

Intro. Paragraph has 4 sentences: 1) Eye catcher 2) Comes from brain storm 3) Linking sentence 4) Thesis (3 parts)

Sentence 1: Eye-catcher Use a quote, a question, a statistic. Example: “Why is fall my favorite time of the year?”

Sentence 2: Comes from the brain storm It is the two examples that you did not use from the brainstorm. Example: “I could have said that fall is my favorite because of Halloween and the fact that it gets cold outside.”

Sentence 3: Linking sentence Links the second sentence (brain storm) to the fourth sentence (thesis) and follows the following form: “However, there are three main reasons why________ is______.” Example: “However, there are three main reasons why fall is my favorite time of the year.”

Sentence 4: Thesis Is always in three parts and tells what the paper will be about in order. Example: “Fall is my favorite time of the year because of football season starting, the colors of the leaves, and it is my birthday.” Always put the strongest argument first.

Example Introductory Paragraph What is my favorite time of the year? I could have said that fall is because of the weather getting colder and Halloween coming. However, there are three main reasons why fall is my favorite time of the year. Fall is my favorite time of the year because of football season starting, the colors of the leaves, and it is my birthday.

The concluding paragraph is just the introductory paragraph written the opposite… Fall is my favorite time of the year because of football season starting, the colors of the leaves, and it is my birthday. These are the three main reasons why fall is my favorite time of the year. I could have said that fall is because of the weather getting colder or Halloween coming. This is why fall is my favorite time of the year.

Do NOT use these words: Cool fun Amazing terrific Neat lots Awesome nice Great good Like (you, your, I, we, me, our, alot (or a lot) my, mine, yours, ours, us) stuff

ALWAYS ASSUME A FORMAL TONE!!