3.5 essay skeleton
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Date
Generalization for entire essay
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Essay Topic Sentence for entire essay
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3 Details supporting the Essay Topic Sentence (these will lead to topic sentences for
each paragraph)
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Body Paragraph 1.
Topic Sentence: (first Detail supporting the Essay Topic Sentence )
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The following supporting details support the topic sentence at the top of this page:
Write these in sentence form
Supporting Detail #1
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Supporting Detail #2
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Supporting Detail #3
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Body Paragraph 2.
Topic Sentence: (second Detail supporting the Essay Topic Sentence )
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The following supporting details support the topic sentence at the top of this page:
Write these in sentence form
Supporting Detail #1
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Supporting Detail #2
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Supporting Detail #3
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Body Paragraph 3.
Topic Sentence: (third Detail supporting the Essay Topic Sentence )
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The following supporting details support the topic sentence at the top of this page:
Write these in sentence form
Supporting Detail #1
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Supporting Detail #2
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Supporting Detail #3
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Concluding Paragraph
This paragraph ties up your discussion.
You need to include the essay topic sentence. (stated in a different way)
You need to include the topic sentence from each body paragraph (stated in a different
way & possibly strung into one para)
Essay Topic Sentence:
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Body Para 1-2-3 topic sentences
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Final statement, using a transition, give your final opinion.
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