5 Paragraph Essay Outline

Paragraph 1: Introduction“This is what I’m going to tell you.”Intro/HookSentence(s):___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1 st Preview Sentence (Preview of Reason #1):__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 nd Preview Sentence (Preview of Reason #2):__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 rd Preview Sentence (Preview of Reason #3):__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thesis Sentence (Summarize the main idea of the whole essay):________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2: 1 st Body Paragraph(1 st Main Idea)“This is what I’m telling you.”Topic Sentence(s)/Transition Sentence(s):Examples and Facts that support the topic sentence:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Paragraph 3: 2 nd Body Paragraph(2 nd Main Idea)“This is what I’m telling you.”Topic Sentence(s)/Transition Sentence(s):Examples and Facts that support the topic sentence:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Paragraph 4: 3 rd Body Paragraph(3 rd Main Idea)“This is what I’m telling you.”Topic Sentence(s)/Transition Sentence(s):Examples and Facts that support the topic sentence:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Paragraph 5: Conclusion(Summarize main ideas—Restate your intro in different words.)“See I told you so.”Introductory Sentence/Transition Sentence(s):1 st Review Sentence 1 (Review of 1 st reason):______________________________________________________________________________________________2 nd Review Sentence (Review of 2 nd reason):______________________________________________________________________________________________3 rd Review Sentence (Review of 3 rd reason):______________________________________________________________________________________________Concluding Sentence(s):____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________