Introductory Paragraphs
What is engaging?
A thesis statement should be one complete sentence always (true or false).
What is false? A statement by definition can be more than one sentence (even though G'Tech English 101 directions often call for only one sentence).
The two things that the topic sentence of a body paragraph in an essay does.
What is make a claim and support the essay's thesis statement?
What is rephrase the essay's thesis statement?
What the top bun of the Quote Sandwich represents.
What is the signal phrase that gives context to the upcoming quote or paraphrase?
Introductory paragraphs generally follow a ________ approach, starting more generally and narrowing down to a specific, defensible _____________.
What is "funnel" and "thesis statement?"
Where a thesis statement should appear for essays written in English 101 and 102.
What is at the end of the introductory paragraph.
This component backs up and elaborates on your topic
sentence and, by extension, your thesis.
What is evidence?
One of the three strategies that a concluding paragraph should AVOID.
What are simply restating the thesis word for word, introducing new evidence, or concluding more than evidence provides for?
What the "meat, cheese, and lettuce and tomato" of the Quote Sandwich represents.
What is the direct quote, paraphrase, or summary taken from the source work?
What type of hook should be AVOIDED to start the introductory paragraph at the level of writing in English 101 and 102?
What is a question?
Controls the scope and direction of your essay as well as provides a "mini-outline" of the essay's topics.
What does a thesis statement do?
Avoid letting the evidence speak for you in your body paragraphs by including ____________.
What is analysis?
What an essay should end with (not a question or call to action).
What is a point of parting wisdom?
What the bottom bun of the Quote Sandwich represents.
What is the author of the essay's analysis of how the quote (evidence) supports his or her claims and thesis?
A short story that sets the stage and illustrates a point that is being made or is to be made.
What is an anecdote?
This is what a thesis statement must be to perform its function properly.
What is defensible?
What is synthesize the evidence and ideas of the paragraph and circle back to the thesis (main idea) of the essay?
What does academic integrity equal?
What is personal integrity?
What is the most important and "thickest" (longest) part of the Quote Sandwich?
What is the "bottom bun" or analysis?
An example of a clunky phrase that serves as an unnecessary announcement and should not appear anywhere in the introductory paragraph (or anywhere in the essay for that matter).
What is "The purpose of my essay is..." or "In this essay I will..." or "This essay will.." or any variation thereof.
These are the three things a thesis statement CANNOT be.
What are a question, a fact, or a vague general statement?
What each body paragraph should work together as and contain along with what each letter stands for.
What is TEAM (Topic Sentence, Evidence, Analysis, Main Idea)?
In text citations are necessary for direct quotes from a work only. (true or false)
What is false?
The name and description of each part of the Quote Sandwich.
What is the top bun (the signal phrase), the meat and cheese (the quote, paraphrase, or summary from the source), and the bottom bun (the author of the essay's analysis of how the evidence supports the essay's claims and thesis)?