Essay Structure
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
A conclusion.
What is a paragraph?
A group of sentences about one topic.
You say this when you want someone to repeat something.
"Can you repeat that, please?"
The country where the Eiffel Tower is located.
France
What are the three parts of an essay?
1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion
What do we do to the letter at the beginning of a sentence?
Capitalize the letter.
The opposite of "early."
Late.
The language spoken in Brazil.
Portuguese
Name one thing an introduction paragraph MUST have.
Introduce the topic.
Thesis statement.
How do we show that a sentence has ended?
We put punctuation (a period, a question mark, an exclamation mark).
Another word (synonym) for “begin.”
To start.
The name of the huge desert in Africa.
The Sahara
WHERE is the thesis statement located?
At the end of the introduction paragraph (the last sentence).
What are the two ways to identify a paragraph?
A big space (indent) in the first sentence.
A separation in the page.
The past tense of “go.”
Went.
This Asian country is famous for anime and sushi.
Japan
After the introduction, what do we call the next TWO paragraphs?
Body paragraph 1
Body paragraph 2
True or false:
A paragraph can be one sentence.
True
When someone says, "it's raining cats and dogs" what do they mean?
It's raining very hard.
This river, the longest in the world, is in Africa.
The Nile