Essay Stucture
The Hook
Facts About NYC
More Dumb Laws
100

The part of the essay that gets the readers attention

What is the Introduction? 

100

This hook is a brief story related to your topic

What is an Anecdote?

100

In 1993, residents of this borough voted to secede from the city, but the state legislature blocked the move. 

What is Staten Island? 

100

In Wyoming you may not take a picture of this small animal during the month of June.

What is a rabbit? 

200

It all ends here

What is the Conclusion?

200

A direct comparison between your topic and something else

What is a Simile or Metaphor?

200

With 92 branches serving patrons across three boroughs, this system ranks as the second most extensive public book lending and education network in the United States.

What is the New York Public Library?

200

In Myrtle Creek, Oregon one may not box with this marsupial. 

What is a Kangaroo?

300

The center of the action of the essay

What are the Body Paragraphs?

300

This hook is a vivid description of a scene or setting

What is Description? 

300

Nestled beneath Manhattan’s streets, this bank safeguards the globe’s largest concentration of gold reserves, accounting for approximately one-fourth of all refined gold bars worldwide.

What is the Federal Reserve Bank? 

300

In North Dakota, it is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with these on.

What are shoes?

400

The introduction ends with this and the conclusion must restate it.

What is the Thesis? 

400

This hook is a strong, interesting assertion related to your essay topic

What is a Thought-Provoking Declaration?

400

This vibrant linguistic community now forms the second-largest language group in the metropolis, 2.7 million residents, following English speakers.

Who are the Hispanic community?

400

In Dyersburg, Tennessee it is illegal for a woman to call a man for for this.

What is a Date?

500

This is found at the start of every body paragraph

What is the Topic Sentence?

500

This hook should be striking or surprising and related to your topic. Cite source.

What is a Fact or Statistic?

500

Spanning 2.2 million square feet along Manhattan’s Museum Mile, this museums encyclopedic collections epitomize cultural stewardship as America’s most expansive museum institution.

What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?

500

In the state of Washington it's illegal to catch a fish by throwing this hard sediment at it.

What is Rock?

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