Persuasive Essay Body and Conclusion

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Persuasive Essay Body and Conclusion
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Intro

• Your Introductory Paragraph is as follows
• 1) Hook
• 2) 2 to 3 sentences of background (restate the
  prompt)
• 3) Thesis statement includes three arguments.
  These three arguments are your topic sentences.

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Thesis example

• School officials should allow energy drinks and
  soda on school because money from students buying
  the drinks can help the school, the drinks
  provide students with an energy boost and school
  officials should not have control over what
  students can put in their bodies.

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Body Paragraphs

• A good persuasive paragraph should have three
  body paragraphs.
• Sometimes the arguments arent strong enough for
  three paragraphs. If so, limit to two paragraphs.

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Body Paragraphs

• The first sentences is the TS
• TOPIC SENTENCE
• This should be the first argument listed in the
  thesis statement.
• Ex In our example thesis our first argument is
  that the drinks can raise money for school.
• Topic Sentence
• When students buy drinks at school, the money
  goes directly to the school to help fund programs
  and pay for school supplies.

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What follows the Topic Sentence?

• Concrete Detail 1 (CD) this is a fact.
• Ex The school board said the school would get 75
  cents for every drink sold.
• Every Concrete detail needs a Commentary. A
  commentary talks specifically about the fact and
  how it ties to the topic sentence and thesis.
• --Ex Schools need the extra money to help fund
  programs that the district cannot pay for.

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Continuation

• Every body paragraph needs Two Concrete Details
  and Two corresponding Commentaries.
• A body paragraph looks like this
• TS
• CD1
• CM1
• CD2
• CM2
• Now you need a transition sentence.

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Transition Sentence

• Introduce the next paragraph by summing up the
  previous one.
• Ex The money raised for schools would benefit
  students and the drinks help students stay alert
  during long days to study.
• You are taking the first topic sentence and the
  second and combining them.

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Conclusion

• Start the Conclusion by bringing up the
  counterargument from critics and explaining why
  the argument isnt strong in two to three
  sentences.
• Ex Some school officials said the drinks should
  not be reintroduced onto the campuses because the
  drinks are linked to obesity. Studies have also
  shown that overuse of pizza, bread, and other
  food sold on campus could be bad for students
  health. Why is the school board focusing on the
  worst possible outcome?

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Ending the essay

• Now restate the thesis.
• The Conclusion should look like this
• Counterargument
• Thesis Statement