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Introductory paragraph

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Begins with catch material narrows the focus with transitional materials and ends with thesis

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Thesis

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Most important sentence of any essay

It contains your limited topic, attitude or position and three ways that you develop this in the body of the paper

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Body paragraphs

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Begins with topic sentence(connects to one of the points from thesis) include a couple of support sentences (main ideas) that are each supported by secondary support sentences (examples , facts quotes stories etc) end with a concluding sentence that effectively summarizes whole paragraph

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Concluding paragraph

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Begins by restating the thesis of paper; summarizes the main points of entire paper; ends by making an effective connection back to catch material; closing thoughts effectively wrap up topic that was discussed in paper