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5 paragraph essay
Can anyone give me tips on how to write a great 5 paragraph essay? I'm not great with keeping things in order when I write. I need an explanination of a "topic setence with TRANSITION". thanks for your help! <3
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um im not sure about the "topic sentence with transition" but my english teacher taught us to pick 5 topics... wright 5 facts about them and describe each fact about the topics.. when i used this method i always write too much! its crazy how one topic can turn into a page! I hope this helps!
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Basically, a 5 paragraph essay is this:
Background Knowlege on what you are writing on
THESIS. Must be included.
Support for thesis.
3 body paragraphs of organised information on topic.
Conclusion (Reiterate thesis, and explain why it's true).
That's how I learned it. A transition is a So, or a However. This would be something like:
American policy towards the indians in the 1800s was justafiable. HOWEVER, from their point of view, it was torturous.
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This site should help. I recieved help on a definition essay, and one of the links I recieved had 5-paragraph essay on the sidebar, here is the link, hopefully it will help you!
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Let's think for a moment about an article in a newspaper. What ingrediants are the same as an essay? Well all of them really but are done in a slightly different way. The lead is the most important part. In an essay the equivalent to a newspaper's lead is your topic sentence.
Then like a newspaper article you have 4 other pragraphs and they need to elaborate on the topic sentence and or newspaper lead. You need to divide into four more paragraphs an essay so you have to give them the important puzzle pieces and not miss a one. The essay needs who, what, when, why, how and perhaps where.
Keep your paragraphs tiny and most important info up front, do not overwrite with long paragraphs and make sure your sentences are short, long, short, long to make it appealing and easy to read.
AND NEVER STRAY FROM YOUR TOPIC IN SENTENCE ONE. YOU SHOULD BE FINE IN TYING IT BACK TO SENTENCE ONE. ON TO TRANSITIONS.
Transitions are something you learn with practice and put your own creative spin on. The radio is an excellent place as is the nightly news for transitions called seguys. This is how you use one thing to lead into your next point and make it smooth as silk.
Here's an example from my recent review of Oliver Twist. The subject and topic sentence is on Roman Polanski note the transitions throughout still about Polanski but moving in on other areas about Polanski and the film. Two transitions in the paragraph FYI. See how I did it--you can too. And be sure your last sentence ties to the first. Essay should be great.
EXAMPLE:
"Roman Polanski must have channeled Charles Dickens himself. He obviously felt a kinship with Oliver Twist. Having survived the Holocaust, Polanski was an excellent choice to direct a story of one boy's determination to survive and overcome being an orphan left to navigate the tough London streets."
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I can perhaps be of more assistance with your writing if you have more questions or trouble. It's what I get paid for every day. If you can use my help send me an inbox question rather than the little feedback box.
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the 1st paragraph should be an introduction with a thesis statement.
the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th paragraphs should all elaborate on specific details in your thesis
your 5th paragraph should be a conclusion
I'm not too shure about a "topic sentence with Transition" but make sure each paragraph begins with a topic sentence relavant to what the paragraph is going to deal with.
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-hope that helped!♥
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The online essay generators usually work for me.
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Your first paragraph should give an introduction and some basic information about your topic. This paragraph is meant to attract the reader's attention.
Your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th paragraphs should each discuss a different important detail regarding the subject. For example, say you were writing an essay on gray wolves. The 2nd paragraph could describe the way wolves live in a pack, the 3rd could describe the mating season of gray wolves, annd the 4th could be about how humans interact with wolves.
The conclusion shouldn't be more than 3 sentences.
A topic sentence with a transition is the first sentence in a paragraph. Generally, it's the first word of the sentence.
Here are some transitions that could be of any possible use?
Much like *other animal*, the gray wolf...
However...(only use this transition if the paragraph is going to contradict the previous one)
Aside from *previous paragraph's topic*, the gray wolf...
Moreover...
Also...
First...
you can think of much more!!!
Hope I helped! Good luck on your essay!
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Well for your introduction (paragraph #1), make sure you define any necessary words and give a clear explanation for your paper. Then your topic sentence could start with something like, "this leads to the fact that..." since you said it needed a transition.
With your topic sentence, make sure you have three main pieces. These pieces will corespond with your three body paragraphs.
In the conclusion, repeat the important part of your topic sentence and just summarize your three body paragraphs.
Between your body paragraphs, it makes it easier to read if you have transitions. Such as "first, second, and third" or "first, in addition, and lastly."
good luck and hope this helps- :)
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1st Paragraph - Intro
2nd Paragraph - Description [of place or things]
3rd/4th Paragraph - Body or reasons for what you are talking about/ story
5th Paragraph - Conclusion and why you wrote about what you did
What topic sentence with transition means is that the topic sentence has to do with what you are going to talk about, make it flow from the sentence into the rest of the paragraph in a logical sence. Hope that helped and good luck.
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