Your hook should transition smoothly into the rest of your introductory paragraph.
Your thesis does the same job as the topic sentence in a narrative paragraph.
Your thesis does the same job as the topic sentence in a narrative paragraph.
It has a main idea and a claim.
It is the PURPOSE of your essay. If you don’t have a thesis, you don’t have a purpose and your essay will be very confusing for the reader.
Your entire essay will develop to support your thesis.
Your thesis is ONLY ONE sentence.
Your thesis is the LAST sentence of your introductory paragraph.
The body paragraphs look similar to the body of a narrative paragraph. They develop the story.
The body paragraphs look similar to the body of a narrative paragraph. They develop the story.
Rising Action:
leading up the event
Climax: the event
Falling Action:
what happens afterwards
The story is told in chronological order.
Transitions will help signal the end of one paragraph and the beginning of the next.
They provide a link between ideas and paragraphs.
They will give your essay a feeling of unity and allow the reader to follow the story easily.
Remember to use a comma after a transition.
Before
Second
Later
Meanwhile
After
Then
At last
Since
During
Finally
Last
Now
First
While
Eventually
Soon
The concluding paragraph has the same function in a narrative essay as in a narrative paragraph. It must synthesize your main idea and claim as well as provide your reflection.
The concluding paragraph has the same function in a narrative essay as in a narrative paragraph. It must synthesize your main idea and claim as well as provide your reflection.