Thesis Statement/Introductory Paragraph Building Program Ins

Thesis Statement/Introductory Paragraph Building Program Ins

Thesis Statement/Introductory Paragraph Building Program Instructions: Follow the following steps to create an introductory paragraph that works. Part 1 The Thesis If you are revising your essay, find the t opic in your original thesis sentence. ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ________ ______________________________________________________________________ ________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Part 2 The Context Now that you have your thesis set, you need to set it in the introductory paragraph. ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ _______________________________ _________________________ Part 3 The Bridge Now connect the big picture and your thesis ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Part 4 Putting It All Together and Making It Make Sense Now you have the three parts that you need for a complete introductory paragraph that does what it is supposed to do: introduce your topic; state your opinion; and why and how you think the way you do. In parts 1-3 of this exercise you worked on the parts of an introductory paragraph out of order. Context_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bridge_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thesis_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Take one last look at the grammar, and do any other revising or editing that may be needed. You now have an introductory paragraph to be proud of! Created by Andrea Wallet June 18 ,2012