Introduction to Academic Essays AK
Organization: Introduction Paragraphs
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EXERCISE: Identify hooks and general topics
- Hook: fact, General topic: student stress
- Hook: problem, General topic: successful business people
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EXERCISE: Analyze a thesis
- yes
- yes
- no
- no
- It is the right level of specificity
- stated
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EXERCISE: Identify effective thesis statements
- Describe your city
- No, announces
- X
- What are the qualities of an influential leader?
- X
- X
- How can young adults overcome feelings of homesickness?
- No, too general
- X
- How is writing different from speaking in a foreign language?
- X (but could be too specific for a thesis)
- No, too general
- Describe your city
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EXERCISE: Evaluate thesis statements
- No, announces
- No, incomplete sentence
- Yes
- No, too many details
- No, question
- No, too specific, fact
- No, too general (useful vs best place)
- Yes
- No, incomplete sentence
- No, too general, does not clearly relate to the prompt
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EXERCISE: Write a thesis
- Answers will vary, no example provided
Organization: Body Paragraphs
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EXERCISE: Analyze a topic sentence
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- It is the right level of specificity
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EXERCISE: Identify topic sentences
- D
- B
- C
- B
- D
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EXERCISE: Write topic sentences
- Answers will vary, no examples provided
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EXERCISE: Identify good supporting sentences
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- No
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EXERCISE: Identify good concluding sentences
- Yes
- No
- No
- Yes
- Yes
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EXERCISE: Write concluding sentences
- Answers will vary, no examples provided
Organization: Conclusion Paragraphs
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EXERCISE: Identify effective restated thesis statements
- B, D
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EXERCISE: Restate a thesis
- Answers will vary, no examples provided
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EXERCISE: Write a conclusion paragraph
- Answers will vary, no examples provided
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EXERCISE: Identify types of paragraphs
- Conclusion
- Body
- Introduction
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EXERCISE: Analyze an essay
- Answers will vary, no examples provided

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