ONE Paragraph Essay Format Name: TITLE OF ESSAY Remember, …

ONE Paragraph Essay Format

Name:_____________________________

TITLE OF ESSAY ____________________________________________

Because your title is a reader's first impression of your essay, it has to match the topic and arguments you make in your paper; it therefore should be the last thing that you write. NEVER include the words "essay" or "paper", it is obvious that it is an essay NEVER put your title in quotation marks, italics, underline, bold, crazy font, font size larger than 12, color, or any other stylistic deviations NEVER title it simply the name of the text, or copy word for word the writing prompt ALWAYS choose a title that reveals the subject of your paper and prepares your reader for your thesis

This is a ONE paragraph essay; that means, when you type this, there will only be ONE paragraph, only ONE indentation. Remember, a chunk is NOT a _______________ a chunk is a ________ of a _______________!!!

In a one paragraph essay there is no Introduction ? no Hook or Theme Statement, you just start right off with your Thesis. (Because it's only one paragraph, your thesis and your Topic Sentences are one and the same). The purpose of your essay is to PROVE an ARGUMENT ? your thesis must make an _______________ that: 1.) Can be proved; 2.) Is NOT self-evident; 3.) Can be argued from another direction.

EVERYTHING in your essay must relate back to your THESIS ? if it doesn't help prove your thesis, it doesn't belong in your paper! (That being said, you are always able to REVISE your thesis as necessary.)

Sentence Sentence

#

Type

Thesis

1 The central

focus of the

entire paper:

topic &

assertion. Now

that you've said it, you must PROVE it.

2 Body Point

Everything in your paragraph must be related to the topic stated in your THESIS. [In a multi-paragraph essay this would be your Topic Sentence (TS). A TS is like a mini-thesis (the thesis for that particular ?), it too has a subject and opinion.] Exploring and proving this statement will be the focus of your entire paragraph. * If writing about literature, include the title and the author.

Assert the ideas that will be covered in that Chunk. BPs directly support and prove your Topic Sentences. Very simply put, BP's are points you are making in you Body paragraphs. The BP is generally the most natural sentence that we write ? we make a statement that includes both our opinion and a fact (it then needs to be backed up with a specific example [CD], and clarified with further development and explanation [CM]). ** The first chunk's BP, directly following the TS, can be the trickiest to write. You should not be repeating your TS, but diving into the first point you will make to prove your TS. Begin with a transition word.

Concrete

Support your assertion with a specific fact or example. Do NOT begin your CD with a quote, you must BLEND ? introduce it. Do not forget to cite the author and page number in (parenthesis).

Detail 3

Do NOT restate or summarize CD. Expand on CD (Elaborate your point ? connect it to your BP, Thesis). Avoid using "This shows that".

4 Commentary

Commentary 5

The 2nd CM is NOT a completely new thought ? it is an extension, and elaboration ? it ties things back to the thesis.

6 Body Point

Assert the ideas that will be covered in that Chunk. BPs directly support and prove your Topic Sentences. Very simply put, BP's are points you are making in you

Body paragraphs. The BP is generally the most natural sentence that we write ? we make a statement that includes both our opinion and a fact (it then needs to be backed up with a specific example [CD], and clarified with further development and explanation [CM]). Transition from the 1st Chunk and introducing the 2nd Chunk.

Support your assertion with a specific fact or example. Do NOT begin your CD with a quote, you must BLEND ? introduce it. Do not forget to cite the author and

Concrete

page number in (parenthesis).

Detail 7

Do NOT restate or summarize CD. Expand on CD (Elaborate your point ? connect it to your BP, Thesis). Avoid using "This shows that".

8 Commentary

Paragraph Cont'd on the Next Page

The 2nd CM is NOT a completely new thought ? it is an extension, and elaboration ? it ties things back to the thesis.

9 Commentary

Assert the ideas that will be covered in that Chunk. BPs directly support and prove your Topic Sentences. Very simply put, BP's are points you are making in you Body paragraphs. The BP is generally the most natural sentence that we write ? we make a statement that includes both our opinion and a fact (it then needs to be backed up with a specific example [CD], and clarified with further development and explanation [CM]). Transition from the 2nd Chunk and introducing the 3rdChunk.

10 Body Point

Support your assertion with a specific fact or example. Do NOT begin your CD with a quote, you must BLEND ? introduce it. Do not forget to cite the author and

Concrete

page number in (parenthesis).

Detail 11

Do NOT restate or summarize CD. Expand on CD (Elaborate your point ? connect it to your BP, Thesis). Avoid using "This shows that".

12 Commentary

The 2nd CM is NOT a completely new thought ? it is an extension, and elaboration ? it ties things back to the thesis.

13 Commentary

Conclusion Sentence

14

While restating the main idea of the paragraph, a concluding sentence also reflects on the SIFGNIFICANCE of the paragraph's content, giving it a finish ? addressing the `Bigger Picture' implications. [In a multi-paragraph essay, conclusion sentences may also provide a transition to the next Body Paragraph.] This is a good place to check that you haven't strayed from your intended purpose.

* You may insert additional chunks to fully develop and prove your thoughts

Reminders for STRONG Writing:

Use strong transitions (for example, also, therefore, thereby, furthermore...)

Eliminate from your writing weak transitions (I think that..., this shows that... (do not rely too heavily on

listing words ? "first" "next" etc.))

Use strong diction / word choice. Do NOT overuse key word. (The words "quote" or "quotation" should not appear)

If writing about literature, include the title and the author in the thesis

When writing about literature, write in the PRESENT tense

BLEND all of your quotations ? do NOT begin a sentence with a quotation

Cite your concrete details ? write the author's last name and the page number next to your

concrete details in parenthesis, outside of the quote marks but inside the period:

Aaaa "aaaa" (Steinbeck 27).

[Remember the third single `quote' if you're quoting dialogue]

Each body paragraph should have at least 14 sentences. You must maintain the ratio of: 1 CD :: 2+ CM

Do not use any form of the word "you" or "I"

Avoid blatant summary and mass-universal generalizations.

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