5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY OUTLINE for The Treasure of Lemon Brown Introduction Paragraph
Hook:
Thesis statement:

Body Paragraph - Topic 1 - One Character Trait that may or may not have changed from beginning to the end of the story
Topic Sentence for Body Paragraph stating one of the character traits:
Big Idea on Topic 1:
Supporting Evidence:
Explain what this evidence means:
Big Idea on Topic 1:
Supporting Evidence:
Explain what this evidence means:

Body Paragraph - Topic 2 - Second Character Trait
Topic Sentence for Body Paragraph stating one of the character traits:
Big Idea on Topic 2:
Supporting Evidence:
Explain what this evidence means:
Big Idea on Topic 2:
Supporting Evidence:
Explain what this evidence means:
Body Paragraph - Topic 3 - Third Character Trait
Topic Sentence for Body Paragraph stating one of the character traits:
Big Idea on Topic 3:
Supporting Evidence:
Explain what this evidence means:
Big Idea on Topic 3:
Supporting Evidence:
Explain what this evidence means:

Conclusion Paragraph
Topic Sentence/Summary Sentence:
Synthesis of Ideas:
Importance of Topic:
Strong Closing Statement:

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Traditional Academic Essays In Three Parts

Part I: The Introduction

An introduction is usually the first paragraph of your academic essay. If you’re writing a long essay, you might need 2 or 3 paragraphs to introduce your topic to your reader. A good introduction does 2 things:

Gets the reader’s attention. You can get a reader’s attention by telling a story, providing a statistic, pointing out something strange or interesting, providing and discussing an interesting quote, etc. Be interesting and find some original angle via which to engage others in your topic.

Provides a specific and debatable thesis statement. The thesis statement is usually just one sentence long, but it might be longer—even a whole paragraph—if the essay you’re writing is long. A good thesis statement makes a debatable point, meaning a point someone might disagree with and argue against. It also serves as a roadmap for what you argue in your paper.

Part II: The Body Paragraphs

Body paragraphs help you prove your thesis and move you along a compelling trajectory from your introduction to your conclusion. If your thesis is a simple one, you might not need a lot of body paragraphs to prove it. If it’s more complicated, you’ll need more body paragraphs. An easy way to remember the parts of a body paragraph is to think of them as the MEAT of your essay:

Main Idea. The part of a topic sentence that states the main idea of the body paragraph. All of the sentences in the paragraph connect to it. Keep in mind that main ideas are…

like labels. They appear in the first sentence of the paragraph and tell your reader what’s inside the paragraph.

arguable. They’re not statements of fact; they’re debatable points that you prove with evidence.

focused. Make a specific point in each paragraph and then prove that point.

Evidence. The parts of a paragraph that prove the main idea. You might include different types of evidence in different sentences. Keep in mind that different disciplines have different ideas about what counts as evidence and they adhere to different citation styles. Examples of evidence include…

quotations and/or paraphrases from sources.

facts, e.g. statistics or findings from studies you’ve conducted.

narratives and/or descriptions, e.g. of your own experiences.

Analysis. The parts of a paragraph that explain the evidence. Make sure you tie the evidence you provide back to the paragraph’s main idea. In other words, discuss the evidence.

Transition. The part of a paragraph that helps you move fluidly from the last paragraph. Transitions appear in topic sentences along with main ideas, and they look both backward and forward in order to help you connect your ideas for your reader. Don’t end paragraphs with transitions; start with them.

Keep in mind that MEAT does not occur in that order. The “Transition” and the “Main Idea” often combine to form the first sentence—the topic sentence—and then paragraphs contain multiple sentences of evidence and analysis. For example, a paragraph might look like this: TM. E. E. A. E. E. A. A.

Part III: The Conclusion

A conclusion is the last paragraph of your essay, or, if you’re writing a really long essay, you might need 2 or 3 paragraphs to conclude. A conclusion typically does one of two things—or, of course, it can do both:

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Explanation:

the answer should be the first one. "many people find his lyrics very moving."

it by far makes the most grammatical sense and is very objective, removing any first person from the original sentence and keeping with the sentence fluency.

i believe it is the bright red satin shirt.