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5 Paragraph Essay
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Describes the parts of the 5 paragraph essay.
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| Essay | A piece of writing that gives your thoughts (commentary) about the subject. All essays you will write in this unit will have at least 4 paragraphs: an introduction, 2 or more body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. |
| Introduction | Called the introductory paragraph or the first paragraph in an essay. It includes the thesis, most often at the end. |
| Concluding Paragraph | The conclusion and the last paragraph of your essay. It may sum up your ideas, reflect on what you said in your essay, say more commentary about your subject, or give a personal statement about the subject. Your conclusion is all commentary and does not include concrete detail. It sums up in three or four sentences the main points but does note repeat key words from your paper or thesis and introductory paragraph. It gives a finished feeling to your whole essay. |
| Thesis | A sentence with a subject arid opinion (also called commentary). This comes somewhere in your introductory paragraph and most often at the end. |
| Prewriting | Prewriting The process of getting your concrete details down on paper before you organize your essay into paragraphs. You can use any or all of the folIowing: bubble clusters, spider diagrams, outlines, line clustering, or columns. |
| Concrete Details (CD) | Specific details that form the backbone or core of your body paragraphs. Synonyms for concrete details include facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, illustrations, support, proof, evidence, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references. |
| Commentary (CM) | Your opinion or comment about - not concrete detail. Synonyms include opinion, insight, analysis, interpretation, inference, personal response, feelings, evaluation, explication, and reflection. |
| Topic Sentence | The first sentence in a body paragraph. This must have a subject and opinion (commentary) for the paragraph. It does the same thing for a body paragraph that the thesis does for the whole essay. |
| Concluding Sentence | The last sentence in a body paragraph. It is also called commentary, does not repeat key words, and gives a finished feeling to the paragraph. |
| Shaping the Essay | The step that is done after prewriting and before the first draft of an essay; it is an outline of your thesis, topic sentences, concrete details, and commentary ideas. |
| Chunk | One sentence of concrete detail and two sentence of commentary. It is the smallest unified group of thoughts that you can write. |
| Weaving | Blending concrete details and commentary in a body paragraph. You can o this after your master the format. |
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