Introduction
This is the name of the last sentence of your first paragraph.
The first sentence of your TBEAR.
What is a topic sentence?
A counterargument is a single paragraph with this many parts.
What are 2?
It's the first step in the last paragraph.
What is rephrasing the thesis?
This Beatle wrote Yesterday.
Who is Paul McCartney?
It's the first sentence of your intro paragraph.
What is a hook?
The last sentence of your TBEAR.
What is a concluding sentence?
These are the 2 parts of a counter-argument paragraph.
What are counterclaim and rebuttal?
It's the last step in the last paragraph.
What is a clincher?
The number on the outside of Mr. Fry's room. Don't go outside and check or you are disqualified.
What is 607?
This is what we do in between the hook and the thesis.
What is give background information?
The most prominent (takes up the most space) part of a TBEAR.
What is Analysis?
Your tone in your counter-argument paragraph, like the rest of your essay, needs to be this.
What is academic?
The main purpose of the clincher is to make your reader do this.
What is think about your essay while they are on their way to Target until their jam comes on the radio?
The thing Mr. Fry built recently with assistance from a 10 year old.
What is a basketball hoop?
A thesis statement is your main this.
What is claim?
The only part of your essay does not come from your own brain.
What is evidence?
When choosing the counterclaim you'll feature in your essay, you should choose this one.
What is the strongest claim from the opposing side?
The call to action serves this purpose.
What is giving the reader a clear idea of what he or she can do about the topic?
The type of car Mr. Fry used to have that got totalled recently.
What is a Fiat?
The adjective that Mr. Fry uses that describes the impact of a good hook.
What is punchy? Or we'll accept crunchy.
These are the paragraphs in our argument essay that are in the TBEAR format.
What are paragraphs 2 and 3?
It's the question Rocky asked Apollo in the hospital.
What is "Did you give me your best?"
It's what Mr. Fry compares a lame conclusion to.
What is a useless little 6th finger next to the pinky?
The name of the student in this class who has the same nickname as a popular inappropriate rapper from the 90's.
Who is Melanie (Lil Kim)?