1、The format you use is quite straightforward:The first step is to choose a topic.For example:Smoking is bad.Now youre ready to put together your main idea and support ideas,which we will call the“Purpose statement,”and“plan,”respectively.TIP Your purpose statement is usually the last sentence of your
2、 introductory paragraph.Your Purpose statement should have two things:A Purpose Statement should have a primary subject that can be written about in the space that you have.For example,“Love”is not a very good subject for a 5-paragraph essay,because it is too broad.The Purpose Statement should have
3、a definite opinion because we can not say much about facts;they are either true or not true.So,we create a sentence like.Smoking is an awful habit.Smoking is an awful habit.We have our primary subject,“smoking”.Smoking is an awful habit.And our definite opinion,“its an awful habit.”Since we are writ
4、ing a five-paragraph essay,lets choose 3 supporting points.Smoking is dirty,it makes the smoker smell bad,and it damages the smokers health.Now lets put them together:Smoking is an awful habit,because it is dirty,it makes the smoker smell bad,and it damages the smokers health.Now lets put the Purpos
5、e Statement and Plan together:Smoking is an awful habit,because it is dirty,it makes the smoker smell bad,and it damages the smokers health.Now lets put the Purpose Statement and Plan together:Now that we have the main idea,and how we will develop it,lets start to build our whole introductory paragr
6、aph.Your introductory paragraph should do two things.First,catch the readers attention so that the reader will be interested in your topic.After the reader has read the introduction they should want to continue to read what you have written.Second,It should also tell him/her what the main idea of yo
7、ur paper is.The idea of the motivator is to.An effective motivator might use.Look at the following example related to smoking.This is a combination of “Opposite Opinion”and“Telling a story”.There she was,Mary Jones,looking absolutely stunning in her long black dress,beautiful eyes,and cigarette lying on her red lips.This wonderful actress was the image of feminine beauty in the 1950s,letting women know that a cigarette was as important a part of a womans clothing as her dress.
