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How to Start an Essay

How to Start an Essay. Get out 1 new piece of paper to jot down some notes. Title them: How to Start an Essay. What NOT to do:. DON’T start with a question! DON’T start with a sound! DON’T say “I’m going to tell you about…” DON’T start by repeating the prompt! DON’T talk to the reader!.

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How to Start an Essay

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  1. How to Start an Essay Get out 1 new piece of paper to jot down some notes. Title them: How to Start an Essay

  2. What NOT to do: • DON’T start with a question! • DON’T start with a sound! • DON’T say “I’m going to tell you about…” • DON’T start by repeating the prompt! • DON’T talk to the reader!

  3. Start your essay 1 of 2 ways: • Peak 2 2. Picture

  4. Peak *Most exciting part of the story (mountain peak = climax!) Jump your reader into the middle of a story and leave them at the climax wanting more!

  5. Prompt: Convince your principal that we should keep sports, even with limited funds. Peak Student Example: My heart raced as I shot the ball and it danced on the rim, teasing me with the possibility of a point. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. The buzzer went off and with a swoosh the ball fell in. Victory. Victory by one point. This wouldn’t be possible if basketball was taken away.

  6. Picture Paints a picture in the reader’s mind through sensory images(see, hear, smell, taste, touch)

  7. Prompt: Convince your principal that we should keep field trips, even with limited funds. Picture Student Example: Adrenaline is snaking through my bloodstream, almost like I drank four Monster energy drinks. I can’t sit here tearing at my patience any longer. Metal bars twist over us as we are getting ready to take off on the ride of our lives. I stared down at the 30-story track that we’d soon drop down at 200 miles per hour. Band class had paid off this time. Our end-of-the-year field trip would be one that I would not soon forget.

  8. Acknowledgements • Thank you to Mrs. Pepe at LJPS for allowing access to this PowerPoint. • Some of the original frames were deleted by Mrs. Dewrell.

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