Introductions
What do are two functions of the introductory paragraph?
What are the two parts of a body paragraph ?
Explain what general statements are
-give background information connected to the topic
What are topic sentences and supporting sentence?
T.S. - present the main idea of your paragraph
S. S. examples, facts, details, reasons that develop the paragraph's topic sentence.
Explain what a thesis statement is
it presents the topic of the essay
it is not too specific , nor too general
How do you write a funnel introduction?
from general to specific
In an essay, where do the ideas for your body paragraphs come from?
a. the first sentence of the introduction
b. the thesis statement
c. the background information in the middle
The thesis statement