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Section 1:
Paragraph Basics
Paragraph Basics
Paragraph Development
Section 2:
Thesis and Outline in Paragraph Development
Thesis and Outline in Paragraph Development
writing center at UNC Dallas
current technology,
will help you become the best writer on the planet
because it offers
and
superhero tutors,
fantastic handouts.
A thesis statement for a 5-paragraph essay
contains three parts:
contains three parts:
The controlling Idea:
A topic:
the main idea of the essay
Here's the outline that corresponds with the
example above:
example above:
what you want to say about the topic
The subtopics:
usually 3 examples/reasons
you will discuss in your paper
you will discuss in your paper
topic
is in
red,
the
controlling idea
is in
pink,
and the
subtopics
are in
purple.
1. Introduction (paragraph 1)
a. Introduce the topic of tutoring
b. Thesis (last sentence of intro): Regularly visiting the
Writing Center at UNT Dallas will help you become
the best writer on the planet because it offers
superhero tutors, current technology, and fantastic
handouts.
a. Introduce the topic of tutoring
b. Thesis (last sentence of intro): Regularly visiting the
Writing Center at UNT Dallas will help you become
the best writer on the planet because it offers
superhero tutors, current technology, and fantastic
handouts.
the tutors
the technology
idea
is in
pink.
topic
is in
red
and the
controlling
the handouts
*
Baseball,
addiction,
the new interest in more violent sports.
has lost its popularity
once a national pastime and even an
because of
*
Since
the American people with any substantial, practical returns,
the space program
has yet to provide
it is a waste of money and
should be dissolved.
*
To stop the alarming
rise in the number of
A thesis statement for a long or collegiate
essay contains two parts:
essay contains two parts:
violent crimes
courts must hand out tougher sentences.
committed every year, our
*
Detective stories
appeal to the basic human
1.
A topic:
the main idea of the essay
desire for thrills.
2.
The controlling Idea:
what you want to say
about the topic
about the topic
*
Hemingway's war stories
a new prose style.
helped to create
Throughout the paper, your thesis promises your readers that you will prove specific facts or
*
Bronte utilizes
emotional expressions of the characters.
light and fire
to symbolize the