Topic Sentence Worksheet / Synthesis



Topic Sentence Worksheet / Synthesis

Topic Sentence Worksheets are designed to help you organize your essay by guiding your choice of topic sentences based on the overall purpose of your essay. Your purpose for the Synthesis is to compare and contrast three argumentative articles. For each topic sentence of a paragraph to be effective, it should

1. 1. Remind the reader of the overall purpose of this essay

2. 2. Indicate the topic of the paragraph and how it relates to the overall purpose

3. 3. Make a transition

Thesis ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

First Topic

(Opening topic sentence of the first paragraph to treat the first article. This should focus on the title and author of the article or on the first point of comparison you make between all three articles)

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*Transition*

Second Topic

(Opening topic sentence of the first paragraph to treat the second article. This should focus on the title and author of the article or on the second point of comparison you make between all three articles)

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*Transition*

Third Topic

(Opening topic sentence of the first paragraph to treat the third article. This should focus on the title and author of the article or on the third point of comparison you make between all three articles)

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*Transition*

Conclusion (Restatement of Thesis and Summation of Supporting Points)

What is a good device to use to introduce this essay?

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What is an effective way to conclude this essay?

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