reviews essay parts: thesis and details of body paragraph

1. Hello.

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3. ATTT thesis is
only used for
literary analysis
of books/novels.

4. In Suzanne Collins
futuristic novel, The
Hunger Games, 24
children are unjustly
chosen to fight to the
death.
.

5. For a strong thesis in an essay, you must
answer the question asked in the prompt.
Most prompts don’t have a question, so
you have to imply the question from the
given information.

6. READ the following quotation:
“The central task is to implant a will and a
facility for learning; it should produce not
learned but learning people.”
THINK about the following statement.
School is only the base of your knowledge and what you’ll learn.
WRITE an essay explaining the importance of school.

7. Implied question: Why is it important to
stay in school?
Thesis: Two important reasons
why it is important to stay in
school are ______________ and
________________.

8. A STRONG THESIS
NEEDS TO BE
FOLLOWED BY A
STRONG TOPIC
SENTENCE.

9. A topic sentence is a
sentence that
expresses the
essential idea of a
paragraph, usually
appearing at the
beginning.

10. EACH TOPIC SENTENCE SHOULD
INCLUDE A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE
FOR THE TWO BODY
PARAGRAPHS.

12. YOU MUST PROVE AND
FURTHER EXPLAIN
THE EXAMPLE YOU
GAVE AND PROVIDE
TO DETAIL OF WHY
YOUR EXAMPLE
RELATES TO THE

13. The topic
sentence
supports
the thesis.
The examples
support the
topic sentence.
The commentary supports
the example.

14. Katherine Gomez
curriculum.austinisd.org
writingcenter.unc.edu
sanantonioisd.edu