![]() ![]() Contradiction: You state the opposite (the contradiction) of your thesis.Įxample: Some people think ice cream is disgusting.ħ. Definition: You define an important word.Įxample: Ice cream is a frozen dessert made of cream, sugar, and eggs.Ħ. Anecdote/ personal story: You give a brief personal story.Įxample: When I was four years old, I had my first taste of ice cream.Įxample: My mother always said, “Ice cream is the best invention in the world.”ĥ. Historical background: You give a brief history of the topic.Įxample: According to some historians, ice cream was once a dessert only eaten by the very rich in eighteenth century France.Ģ. For instance, my thesis is “Ice cream has great flavors.” Here are possible first sentences that could lead into my thesis:ġ. When you have that thesis, then you can use any of the eight strategies below to write that first sentence. ![]() ![]() There are many strategies to write that first sentence, but you MUST have a thesis statement ready and waiting before you write that first sentence. It’s supposed to be a funnel, in which the first sentence sucks your reader into the draft, the reader spirals down the rest of the sentences of your Introduction, and he/she lands on top of your thesis statement like he/she has discovered a hidden treasure chest. Notice that the shape of the Introduction is an upside-down triangle. “So how the heck do I start my draft?” you ask. It’s the last sentence in the Introduction Paragraph, which is the first paragraph of your draft. Your thesis statement isn’t the first sentence of your draft. YOUR THESIS DOES NOT START YOUR DRAFT!I’m sorry for shouting again, but it’s true. Notice that your Prewriting provides all the information you’ll need for 1) the LAST sentence of your Introduction Paragraph (the Thesis), 2) all of your Body Paragraphs, and 3) the first sentence of your Conclusion Paragraph (the Restated Thesis). Here’s a pictorial representation of a Rough Draft of a five-paragraph essay: At this stage, don’t worry about grammar yet that’s a later step. In the Drafting stage, you turn your Arrangement into sentences and paragraphs, following the organization in your Prewriting. Now that you got your ideas nicely organized into thesis, sub-topics, and supporting details, you can use your Arrangement as a checklist to write your Rough Draft, which is the end-product of the Drafting stage of the Writing Process. ![]()
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