Review Essay Writing

Let’s review

Hook

• Fact: The more you read the better your IQ.

• Figurative language: Reading is seeing the world through a magnifying glass.

Quote: “Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”  - Edmund

Burke

Imagery: Reading is hearing the sweet melodies of the colorful forest birds. • Surprising statement: It is said that numerous seniors do not read at

their grade level.

• Common knowledge: Many people value the convenience that electronic devices bring to the communication needs of the 21st century.

• Anecdote – My mom has to go to my grandma’s house to help her read her bills and pay them off.

• etc.

Look at your prompt

• Verify:

• Purpose

• Audience

• Format

The Bridge

• The bridge is the information after the hook and before the thesis statement.

• These are details from the prompt, general statements about the topic.

• Anyone should be able to determine what the prompt asked you to do by reading your first three or four sentences before the thesis statement.

Example Introductory Paragraph

• Hook

• Bridge

• General statement/ reasoning/ evidence/claim

• What you will write about (topic)/ What is your stand (view with no “I”), and how will you support it (3 topics for body paragraphs).

• Transition sentence

Example: “We watched a low budget science fiction movie last

night for two hours, what a waste of time.” There are many different types of un-needed, time consuming activities featured nowadays, but the most prominent and accepted one is the television. Despite its vast popularity, it is causing very damaging effects on our civilization. The T.V. started out as a small box with black and white pictures, however it has grown into a device that is time wasting, mind numbing and causes bad habits. Time is being wasted in the life of teens and adults who watch T.V. instead they should be using time more productively.

Thesis Statement

• Topic and situation

• + Your argument and stand

• + your 3 supports

___________________

= Thesis statement

The Body of your Essayhas to have evidence from the text

• Elaborate

• Use facts

• Use quotations

• Give examples

• Describe

• Use figurative language

• Use imagery

• Use reasons

• Anecdotes

• Definitions

• Citations (use of quotations)

• Ask yourself – Have I offered sufficient support for my position?

Writing Your Body Paragraphs

1. Topic sentence

2. Concrete details - (“text info”/ quotes)

3. Supports – (paraphrases or evidence)

4. Examples or Explanations of support

Repeat # 2, 3, 4

5. Conclusion

Don’t forget your Concluding Paragraph

• Touch back

• Look to the future

• Go to the heart

• End with a zinger

+ Restate your thesis (In a totally different way)

Show your readers that your essay is

meaningful and useful.

Synthesize do not summarize.

Take out a sheet of paper

• Let’s write an essay.