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| A piece of writing that expresses the writer's thoughts and opinions about a topic, often about something that was read and analyzed. All essays have a similar structure, which is very important to being an effective essay. |
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| All essays share a similar structure. Essays must be at least 5 paragraphs. All essays contain an introduction, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion. |
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| The thesis statement is a claim, or the author's opinion about a topic or about a text. The thesis statement is the only part of the essay that should contain the writer's opinion. |
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| Each body paragraph contains support to prove the thesis statement. Each body paragraph should focus on only the one supporting detail. Body paragraphs must contain textual evidence as well as the author's explanation as to how the thesis proves the thesis. |
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| Transition words show the writer's change of ideas within body paragraphs. Examples of transition words include although, then, & additionally. |
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| The topic sentence goes in the introduction and is usually one of the first few sentences. The topic sentence gives the reader of the essay background information. |
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| TAGS is an acronym that is short for Title Author Genre Synopsis. For an essay about a book or poem, the topic sentence would include this important information to provide background knowledge. |
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| Boxes and Bullets is a pre-writing strategy to organize thoughts and ideas in the correct essay structure. The thesis statement goes in the BOX and the supporting details are written next to the bullets. |
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