Essay Writing Checklist: creative title for essay
by Crystal Smith
1. 1. Introduction
1.1. Hook
1.2. Road map-background information
1.3. Claim-thesis statement-should summarize all topic sentences as topic sentences are “sub-theses.”
2. 2. First Paragraph
2.1. Argument-topic sentence
2.2. Example-textual support
2.3. Explain and analyze the example
3. 3. Second Paragraph
3.1. Argument-topic sentence
3.2. Example-textual support
3.3. Explain and analyze the example
4. 4. Third Paragraph
4.1. Argument-topic sentence
4.2. Example-textual support
4.3. Analysis and explanation of text support
5. 5. Conclusion
5.1. Restate thesis statement
5.2. Conclude-zoom the lens out-connect to something relevant in course material or personal observations not already mentioned
5.3. Clincher-mic drop!
6. Body paragraphs follow cookie paragraph structure