Essay structure
How many components does body paragraph consist of?
3 (TS, SS, CS)
Each new paragraph of your essay will begin with a --------------------- that refers to a separate supporting point in your thesis.
Topic sentence
What type of information is this?
"Nearly 10% of IT students already find employment in their first year at university"
Statistics
The last sentence of Introduction is ______
Thesis statement
A sentence that contains the topic and an opinion, or controlling idea.
Topic sentence
A type of sentence that analyse/s and draw/s together all the ideas you have raised in your paragraph.
Concluding sentence
In which part of your introduction, you define the terms and provide relevant background information?
Context
They make up the body of the paragraph by explaining, proving, or enhancing the controlling idea in the topic sentence.
Supporting sentences
Something to get the audience’s attention (a story, a quote, or an interesting fact.
A hook
When you provide a reason behind why this topic is being discussed in your introduction, what do we call that?
A rationale
What type of sentence is this?
"Given the low running costs and environmental benefits of owning a hybrid car, it is likely that many more people will follow Alex’s example in the near future."
Concluding sentence
Give synonyms to the reporting verb "to emphasise"
accentuate, stress, underscore, highlight.
1. Read the following paragraph and name at least two characteristics related to its writing style!
I think that essay writing is an important skill for all of us students. Don’t you see how many marks are given for this? Lots of students agree that they are marooned if they can’t write a decent essay. In my opinion (as a struggling student), we should have lessons in essay writing from day one!!!
1. Informal
2. like spoken (colloquial) language,
3. incorrect academic style (contractions, questions, exclamations)
What are the functions of Supporting Sentences (SS-1 and SS-2) in the following paragraph?
TS - The value of independence is one reason why young and old people become isolated from each other.
SS 1-Being independent is an important quality of life for most Americans. Since childhood, people have been taught to be independent and the notion continues through their old age.
SS-2 - Margaret Mead (1971), an anthropologist, writes in her article, "Grandparents Have Copped Out", that old people don't want to be a burden to their children, so they try to live their lives independently.
1. Connecting explanation
2. Providing evidence