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What is an essay?

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The structure of an essay

The three main parts of an essay

The introduction
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The main body

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Writing a strong thesis statement

 A thesis statement gives ________________________________________________________

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 A thesis statement should _______________________________________________________
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Writing thesis statements

How to connect the thesis statement and the essay

The paragraphs in the main body of an essay should always ______________________________.

In addition, each paragrpah in the main body should ____________________________________

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Look at the following thesis statement. The topics to be discussed are underlined:

To create a successful advertisement, it is necessary for advertisers to answer three questions: What
are we selling?, Who are we selling it to?, and How can we make people want to buy it?

Possible topic sentences for each paragraph in the main body:

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2.____________________________________________________________________________

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6. Write three opinions you have about the topic “exercise”, starting with “I think that”

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7. Now cross out the “I think that” in the statements you wrote in exercise 6. Share this with a
partner.

8. Review: Complete the crossword

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