ATTENTION-GETTER
(Anecdote, statistics, quote, rhetorical question …something to grab your audience) [Sentences = 1-3]

Transitional Sentence*
Makes a smooth move from the Attention Getter section into next section [Sentences = 1-3]

Author/Book Information OR Topic section
(Let the reader know where you obtained your information. Could be a section of what is the topic of the essay) [Sentences = 1-2]

Background
Summary (On the topic) [Sentences = 3-4]

THESIS Statement
(One sentence only & last sentence of paragraph…remember the reader should be able to tell the A, B, & C (topics) of your paper.)

Topic Sentence
Lets your audience know what your are going to discuss in that paragraph only [Sentences = 1-3]

Transitional Sentence*
Sets-up the reader by giving them important info as to what happened before the CD. [Sentences = 1-2]

CONCRETE DETAIL #1
A FACT that is a quote or paraphrase, that is used to back up your Thesis Statement. Must be cited to avoid plagiarism.

COMMENTARY #1
About CD #1
(Elaborate on the CD, but don’t restate the CD) [Sentences = 1-3]

COMMENTARY #2
About CD #1
(Go beyond the text, but make sure there is relation to the topic of the CD) [Sentences = 1-3]

Transitional Sentence*
Sets-up the reader by giving them important info as to what happened before the CD. [Sentences = 1-2]

CONCRETE DETAIL #2
Second FACT that is a quote or paraphrase, that is used to back up your Thesis Statement. Must be cited to avoid plagiarism.

COMMENTARY #1
About CD #2
(Elaborate on the CD, but don’t restate the CD) [Sentences = 1-3]

COMMENTARY #2
About CD #2
(Go beyond the text, but make sure there is relation to the topic of the CD) [Sentences = 1-3]

Transitional Sentence
(Moves your reader into the next topic of the essay or concluded s the discussion of the paragraph or essay) [Sentences = 1-3]

REPHRASE THESIS Statement
(Do not cut and paste the Thesis Statement of the essay)

Transitional Sentence*
Helps with the flow (reading) of the essay—so your essay does not seem choppy [Sentences = 1-2]

COMMENTARY
About Body Paragraph #1
New Commentary [Sentences = 1-2]

Transitional Sentence*
Helps with the flow (reading) of the essay—so your essay does not seem choppy [Sentences = 1-2]

COMMENTARY
About Body Paragraph #2
New Commentary [Sentences = 1-2]

(Continue this format for as many Body Paragraphs as you have)

Wrap-up Section
(A FINAL AWARENESS. What did/do you want the reader to have gotten from your essay—the last word) [Sentences = 2-3]