1. Writing A Good Essay

2. A Good Essay . . . Has a Beginning, Middle and End. Uses Paragraphs
Can be Clearly Understood

3. An Essay Is . . .
A written speech, used to talk about a given topic.

4. The Beginning Has 3 Sentences
S1-Intro and a main overview of the main, and primary topic.
S2-Thesis Statement (a statement that proves a point)
S3-Lead or conversion to start you body section

5. The Body The Body is the main section of the essay.
Can be put into 1 or many paragraphs.
Talks about the subjects main points.
Each paragraph is a different sub-topic
Gives all info. being presented

6. The End Your ending paragraph sums up the entire essay.
In Your Ending . . .
Restate your topic
Restate you Thesis Statement
Briefly touch on every topic in your essay in the last sentence
In most essays, the Ending paragraph is what people remember

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