write an informative essay

HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY STEP BY STEP WITH MEMES

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1. HOOK:

(Attention Graber)

“Holy Cow! Look at the crazy

cloud!”

2. BACKGROUND

INFORMATION:

(What you will be talking about.)

"There’s a weird funnel that looks

like a tornado.”

3. THESIS:

(Where you hit your target.)

“Yup, that’s a tornado alright.”

Step 1: Hook Your Reader

Grab your reader’s attention with

a general statement about the topic.

You want your reader

to have this reaction.

Step 2: Background Information Briefly explain in 2-3 sentences

what the essay will be about.

Step 3: Write Your Thesis Statement

Your thesis statement

tells the reader your position on

a topic.

Your thesis needs to be direct and to the point.

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Avoid statements like:

“This essay will discuss…” or “I’m going to write

about…”.

Things to AVOID

In this essay, I am going

to discuss the effects of long-term drug abuse.

✓ Long-term drug use can

have disastrous effects on one’s marriage, career, and

health.

Hook: Dialogue

Background Information

Thesis

1 "Ashley!" exclaimed Mrs. Renfro, and

simultaneously three heads whipped around at attention towards the perturbed teacher. At the same time, all three Ashleys

proudly replied, "Yes, ma'am?"

2 When I was a fourth grader, I remember sitting in class that day just before the bell

rang for dismissal. I remember thinking of all the names in the world, how I could have possibly been stuck with such an alien one.

I thought about all the popular kids in the class. I figured that I wasn't popular

because of my weird name. I put some things together in my mind and came up with a plausible equation: COOL NAME =

POPULARITY. The dismissal bell rang. As I mechanically walked out to catch my ride,

I thought to myself, "Why couldn't I have been named Ashley?”

3 I was born, on July 7th, 1986, at Parkland Hospital of Dallas, Texas. I was the first

American-born Nigerian in both of my parents' families. I was my parents' first joy, and in their joy, they gave me the name

that would haunt me for the rest of my life, Immaculeta Uzoma Achilike.

Body Paragraph Checklist:

 Topic Sentence= Reason One

 Detail One: Textual Ev idence from the source: TLQC or TLPC

 Commentary One: Explain the ev idence and how it relates to the topic sentence.

 Commentary Two: Explain the ev idence and how it relates to the topic sentence.

 Detail Two: Textual Ev idence from the source: TLQC or TLPC

 Commentary One: Explain the ev idence and how it relates to the topic sentence.

 Commentary Two: Explain the ev idence and how it relates to the topic sentence.

 Concluding Sentence

Transitions Offer Evidence: Introduce

Information: Compare/Contrast:

• Most important, • For example, • For instance, • According to _________, • To illustrate, • In this case,

• Therefore, • For these reasons, • Consequently, • Furthermore, • In addition, • Moreover, • Thus,

• Although __________, • Even though _______, • Instead, • On the other hand, • On the contrary, • Rather, • Yet, / But, / However, / Still, • Nevertheless, • In contrast, • Similarly, / Likewise, • In the same way,

Add Information: Clarify: Conclude:

• Additionally, • In addition, • For example, • For instance, • Likewise, • Finally, • Equally important, • Again,

• In other words, • For instance, • That is, • Put another way,

• As a result, • Therefore, • Thus, • Finally,

Topic Sentence

Restate your

1st Reason!

“Quoting” or Paraphrasing

CITATIONS!!!!!

“Quote”/Paraphrase =

Citation

Know the author?

(Last Name Page #)

Don’t know the author?

(Source #, Paragraph #)

Talk About It!

Commentary #1

 Explain what it has to do with

what you are talking about!

Commentary #2  Compare it to something you

have experienced OR apply it

to the world!

• This quote

means,… • The author is

saying that... • What is being

said is...

• This affects others

because... • This affects my

peers because... • This affects the

future because...

Repeat these steps...

Concluding Sentence

AS SHOWN ABOVE,…

TO SUMMARIZE,...

GIVEN THESE POINTS,…

After restating your thesis, offer a solution, recommendation, or a

point to keep thinking on.

To Summarize,

1. Reason #1 1. Supporting Detail #1

1.TLQC/TLPC 2.Commentary#1 3.Commentary#2

2. Supporting Detail #2 1.TLQC/TLPC 2.Commentary#1 3.Commentary#2

3. Concluding Sentence

2. Reason #2 1. Supporting Detail #1

1.TLQC/TLPC 2.Commentary #1 3.Commentary #2

2. Supporting Detail #2 1.TLQC/TLPC 2.Commentary #1 3.Commentary #2

3. Concluding Sentence

3. Reason #3 1. Supporting Detail #1

1.TLQC/TLPC 2.Commentary #1 3.Commentary #2

2. Supporting Detail #2 1.TLQC/TLPC 2.Commentary #1 3.Commentary #2

3. Concluding Sentence

Example Paragraph:

Transition, Reason #1. Supporting Detail #1. “Quotation”/P

araphrase (citation). Commentary #1. Commentary #2. Transiti

on, lead in. Supporting Detail #2. “Quotation”/Paraphrase

(citation). Commentary #1. Commentary #2.Transition, lead in.

Supporting Detail #3. “Quotation”/Paraphrase (citation).

Commentary #1. Commentary #2. Concluding Sentence.

Conclusion:

 Restate Thesis

 In different words

 Concluding Sentence

Suggestion

Solution

Final Thought

Questions?