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Master Your In-Class Essays: Step-By-Step Tutorial

This step-by-step tutorial introduces you to writing effective in-class essays. Learn how to craft a solid thesis, provide background for quotes, analyze quotes strategically, and structure your body paragraphs for maximum impact. The guide also includes tips for concluding your essay effectively. Improve your essay writing skills with this comprehensive tutorial.

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Master Your In-Class Essays: Step-By-Step Tutorial

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  1. In-class Essays Step-By-Step Tutorial

  2. Introduction • Your Thesis: Write your thesis as the second sentence. • Rationale: When writing an in-class essay, you don’t usually have time to get super fancy. Get to the point without missing the details that matter.

  3. Main Argument (Body Paragraph Part 1) • Your Thesis: Write your thesis as the second sentence. • Background to the Quote: • 1st Sentence: Quick summary of the story. • 2nd and 3rd Sentence: Describe the specific situation from which your quote came. End with introducing the quote. • Example:…and the clerk John said, “- - - - -” (Chaucer line ##). • Quote: Enter your quote properly with in-text citation. • Analysis: How does this quote support your main argument and show that it is more correct than the counter-argument?

  4. Body Paragraph 2 • Transitional Sentence: Introduce the story this new quote came from. Use transitional words. • Second(ly), Also, Along with, • Background to the Quote: • 1st Sentence: Quick summary of the story. • 2nd and 3rd Sentence: Describe the specific situation from which your quote came. End with introducing the quote. • Example:…and the clerk John said, “- - - - -” (Chaucer line ##). • Quote: Enter your quote properly with in-text citation. • Analysis: How does this quote support your main argument and show that it is more correct than the counter-argument?

  5. Conclusion • Restate your thesis/position. • A.) Flip your thesis so that the reason is first and the opinion/answer is second. OR • B.) Use a transitional phrase to reintroduce your thesis. Find a way to rephrase the thesis so it doesn’t look exactly the same. • Review the evidence: In 2 sentence maximum, review the evidence you just introduce and why those pieces were important. • Closing sentence: Use the idea you introduced in your hook. How did your essay just solve the problem or address the issue you said in that opening sentence?

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