INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
Good-bye gifts: Do NOT repeat your
1. Lead: Make a universal statement. A
universal statement is a statement that
could be true in any part of the world. You
may also use a hook, which is a clever way of
enticing someone to read your essay.
2. Exposition: Give the title in italics or
underlined, authors full name, setting, and a
brief summary of the story.
3. Thesis: State what youre going to argue
in your essay. This is your claim that youll
support with evidence in the body
paragraphs.
BODY PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
1. Topic Sentence: Make a claim that
supports your thesis.
2. Introduce your first piece of evidence:
Explain whats happening in the story when
this quotation occurs so your reader
understands the quotation. If its dialogue,
explain who is speaking to whom.
3. Cite your quotation: Cite your
quotation in proper M.L.A. format (85).
4. Analyze your quotation: Answer the
following questions if they apply: Why is this
important? What does it reveal? What does
it emphasize? What does it affect? How does
it prove your thesis? So what? Write no
fewer than two sentences.
5. Transition and introduce your second
quotation:
Use a transition word or phrase to let your
reader
know youre moving on to a different idea.
Tell the reader whats happening in the story
when this next quotation occurs.
6. Cite your quotation: Cite your
quotation in proper M.L.A. format (85).
7. Analyze your quotation: Answer the
following questions if they apply: Why is this
important? What does it reveal? What does
it emphasize? What does it affect? How does
it prove your thesis? So what? Write no
fewer than two sentences.
8. Conclude your body paragraph: Ask
yourself why all of this is important. So
what?
CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH
1. Thesis: Repeat your thesis using different
wording than you used in the introduction.
2.
main points. Instead, give the reader a good-
bye gift- some final observations that wrap
up why this entire essay is significant.
*Writing conclusions can be difficult. The
best way to improve is to just keep writing
them.
INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
1. Lead: Make a universal statement. A
universal statement is a statement that
could be true in any part of the world. You
may also use a hook, which is a clever way of
enticing someone to read your essay.
2. Exposition: Give the title in italics or
underlined, authors full name, setting, and a
brief summary of the story.
3. Thesis: State what youre going to argue
in your essay. This is your claim that youll
support with evidence in the body
paragraphs.
BODY PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
1. Topic Sentence: Make a claim that
supports your thesis.
2. Introduce your first piece of evidence:
Explain whats happening in the story when
this quotation occurs so your reader
understands the quotation. If its dialogue,
explain who is speaking to whom.
3. Cite your quotation: Cite your
quotation in proper M.L.A. format (85).
4. Analyze your quotation: Answer the
following questions if they apply: Why is this
important? What does it reveal? What does
it emphasize? What does it affect? How does
it prove your thesis? So what? Write no
fewer than two sentences.
5. Transition and introduce your second
quotation:
Use a transition word or phrase to let your
reader
know youre moving on to a different idea.
Tell the reader whats happening in the story
when this next quotation occurs.
6. Cite your quotation: Cite your
quotation in proper M.L.A. format (85).
7. Analyze your quotation: Answer the
following questions if they apply: Why is this
important? What does it reveal? What does
it emphasize? What does it affect? How does
it prove your thesis? So what? Write no
fewer than two sentences.
8. Conclude your body paragraph: Ask
yourself why all of this is important. So
what?

CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH

1. Thesis: Repeat your thesis using different

wording than you used in the introduction.
2. Good-bye gifts: Do NOT repeat your
main points. Instead, give the reader a good-
bye gift- some final observations that wrap
up why this entire essay is significant.
*Writing conclusions can be difficult. The
best way to improve is to just keep writing
them.