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essay parts
introductions
body paragraphs
transition words
conclusions
100
The very first paragraph of an essay
What is the introduction?
100
This is the first thing you should include in your introduction.
What is a grabber?
100
The number of body paragraphs you should aim to have in your five-paragraph essay.
What is three?
100
You can use these words to show that you're moving on from one idea to another.
What are transition words?
100
This is the first thing you should include in your conclusion.
What is the thesis staatement.
200
The very last paragraph of an essay
What is the conclusion?
200
This part of your introduction is designed to grab the reader's attention and make him/her interested in what you have to say.
What is the grabber?
200
Each of your body paragraphs should start with this type of sentence.
What is a topic sentence?
200
"First," "To being with," and "One reason" are all transition words that can be used at the beginning of this body paragraph.
What is the first body paragraph?
200
This part of your conclusion reminds the reader what your essay was all about and you proved.
What is the thesis statement?
300
This paragraph comes right after the introduction and provides the first main idea of your essay.
What is the first body paragraph?
300
This part of the introduction comes right after the grabber.
What is the thesis statement?
300
These are the things you must use to support a body paragraph's topic sentence.
What are details, examples, and explanations?
300
"Secondly," "Also," and "Another reason" are all transition words that can be used at the beginning of this body paragraph.
What is the second body paragraph?
300
This is the second part of your conclusion where you mention again the main idea of each body paragraph.
What is the summary of main ideas?
400
This paragraph comes right after the first body paragraph and provides the second main idea of your essay.
What is the second body paragraph?
400
This part of your introduction tells what your essay is all about and you will be proving.
What is the thesis statement?
400
True or False - all of the details, examples, explanations you include in a body paragraph MUST relate to the topic sentence.
What is true
400
"Finally" and "A last reason" are transition words that can be used at the beginning of this body paragraph.
What is the third body paragraph?
400
This is the last part of your conclusion (and the last sentence of the whole essay).
What is the clincher?
500
This paragraph comes right after the second body paragraph and provides the third main idea of your essay.
What is the third body paragraph?
500
This is the last part of your introduction where you mention the main idea of each body paragraph.
What is the summary of main ideas?
500
Body paragraphs come between these two other paragraphs in an essay.
What are the introduction and conclusion?
500
When color-coding, this is the color that represents transition words.
What is orange?
500
This part of the conclusion explains the "so what" and leaves the reader thinking. (It is also the last sentence of the whole essay.)
What is the clincher?