What is the purpose of an introductory paragraph?

1. to grab the readers attention (the Hook)

        2. to have your thesis statement usually the last sentence

What are two things you should not do in the introductory paragraph ?

     1. don't start with the "dawn of man.

            2. Don't start like a book report, bores the readers

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS

THEIR / THERE / THEY'RE

PRINCIPLES/ PRICIPALS

ADVICE/ ADVISE

THRU/ THREW / THROUGH

NEW/ KNEW

IT'S/ ITS / ITS'

LOSE/ LOOSE 

TO/ TWO /TOO

QUITE/ QUIET / QUIT

WHAT ARE TWO POSSIBLE BASIC PATTERNS FOR A GOOD INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH?

1. Ask a grabbing question "how do you feel about the death penelty?"

  2. Use a catching quote and work towards your thesis                                            

EXPLAIN FREEWRITING

Your own thoughts about the subject in complete sentences in no order

EXPLAIN CLUSTERING OR MIND MAPPING

MAIN TOPIC

TOPIC

THIS                     THIS

                             THIS        THAT

EXPLAIN LISTING

Words and phrases in no particular order

 NAME AND BRIEFLY EXPLAIN FIVE STEPS IN THE WRITING PROCESS

B                   BRAINSTORMING-      Get ideas     

 O                  ORGANIZIN-          Put ideas in order

W                  WRITING-      Draft paper               

R                  REVISE-        check content             

  E                 EDIT          use spell check, thesaurus, read out loud                     

WHAT IS A THESIS STATEMENT?

Your point of view about the subject you are writting about.

WHERE IS THE A THESIS STATEMENT TYPICALLY LOCATED IN AN ESSAY?

 The last sentence of the introduction

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH ?

To enforce the thesis statement

WHAT SHOULD EACH BODY PARAGRAPH BE ABOUT?

Each body paragraph should contain something pertaining your thesis statement.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH?

The purpose of a concluding paragraph is to reiterate your point to the reader.

WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO IN YOUR CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH?

Do not add any new information that should be in the body of your essay

WHAT ARE THREE POSSIBLE THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH?

1. Quote or predition        

2. Mystery or call to action

3. Summerize your essay    

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A BODY PARAGRAPH?

Your body should have facts supporting your thesis statement.

What special sentence should each body paragraph contain?

Each body should have a topic sentence

NAME THREE BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUES

Free writting

Clustering

Listing

Mapping

LIST CARPARISON AND SIMILARITY TRANSITION WORDS OR PHRASES

likewise

similarly

also

again

in caparison

CONTRAST TRANSITION

 in contrast

on the other hand

however

although

yet

nevertheless

at the same time

regardless

EXAMPLE TRANSITIONS

for example

for instance

such as

thus

namely

specifically

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A TRANSITIONAL PHRASE?

To make your paragraphs or statements flow.

WHAT IS PARALLELISM?

The expression of similar or related ideas in similar gramatical form. It creats sentence rhythms and highlights ideas 

example;

Hal furnished his apartment with purchases fram flea markets, items from want ads, and gifts from friends.

WHAT SPECIAL SENTENCES SHOULD BE IN EACH BODY PARAGRAPH?

Topic sentences.

COMMA RULE

*Independent  IC:IC

*Series Shopping (list), bullets

*Introductory element (where you want to pause)

*Non essential Information Barrack Obama, Presedent of the United States.

*Or, nor, so, for, but, and, yet 

RUN ON SENTENCES

Two or more complete sentences incorrectly joined without punctuation also called a fused sentence.

APOSTROPHES

Use for possessive nouns: does the noun end in a letter other than -s? add ' +s cat's meow, Ohio's taxes

does the noun end in -s, and is it a plural Add ' EX: the Solomons' car buses' routes

does the noun end in-s, and is it singular? add ' +s Exp. Chis"s van

dates: the ' 90s, the class '05

plural letters and numbers p's and q's sixe 10's

dialect:  a-goin'

contraction: they're, who's, it's

WHAT COMMONLY USED AND INFORMATIVE WEBSITE THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR ACADEMIC WORK?

Wikipedia and Wikilinks

IF YOU ARE A HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE TYPE OF INFORMATION YOU NEED, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

Ask a librian, change your context, revise your essay, use advance on your search menu, use one word at a time.

WHEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET OR A DATA BASE, YOU SHOULD USE KEYWORDS. wHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Keywords are word that specifically you would use in your topic sentences for your subject in your essay. Example: dogs with red hair:  use red dogs