ANT TIQA RRC
Introduction
• Your introduction paragraph is the first
paragraph for your essay. It is best to
start with something general. You
want to grab your reader’s attention.
Then you want to inform your reader
about what you are writing. You want
to finish the introduction with the thesis.
ANT
Attention- Getter
Necessary Information
Thesis
Follow the ANT
format when
writing your
introduction!
Attention-Grabber
• Your first sentence or two of your introduction
should be an attention-getter
• There are multiple ways to grab your reader’s
attention
– A rhetorical question
– A relevant quote from an outside source
– Scenario
– Fact or Statistic
– Shocking or Amusing Generalization
Necessary Information
• Necessary Information includes:
-Overview of Topic
-Major Points you will be discussing
in your paper
-Important Background Information
Thesis
• A thesis is a claim or statement of a
writer’s position or main point that will
be explored throughout the paper.
• Your last sentence of your introduction
should be your thesis.
TIQA
• Your body paragraphs should provide a
topic sentence. The rest of the paragraph
should provide context for a quote or
paraphrase. Then you should provide that
example. After you provide that example,
you should explain how it supports your
thesis statement. DO NOT merely tell your
reader what the quote means; this can lead
to a summary. You need to analyze!! Each
body paragraph in a research paper should
have a minimum of two examples for
support!!
TIQA
Topic
Sentence
Introduce
Quote
Quote
Analyze
Follow the TIQA to
write the body
paragraphs of your
research paper!
Topic Sentence
• Contains the main idea of your
paragraph –what your paragraph
is about.
• This part is a claim or is arguable.
Introduce Quote
• Put the quote into context
• Before inserting a quote you need
to provide a transition.
Quote/Concrete Detail
• Provide your
quote/paraphrase/concrete detail
• This is the evidence: a fact from your
research or an example from your
reading that illustrates the claim in your
topic sentence
• You might start this sentence with For
example….
Analyze/Commentary
• Explain to the reader the importance of
the quote and how it supports your
topic sentence.
• You might start with “In addition…” or
“Furthermore…” or “Because of this…”
Closing Sentence
• Make sure each paragraph has a
closing sentence.
• This should re-state the topic sentence in
some form. It is also a transition
sentence that finished one idea and
transitions to a new one in the next
paragraph.