Name___________________

Introduction–

Directly state the author’s name and the title of the article:_________________________________________________________________________________

Summary of article: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Restatement of prompt/thesis statement:

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Body Paragraph One–

1. Topic sentence for body paragraph one:

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Example from text: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation of text example:  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Transition Sentence: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Personal Example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation of personal example (how does it connect to the text?): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Concluding sentence:  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Body Paragraph Two–

1. Topic sentence for body paragraph Two: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Example from text: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation of text example:  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Transition Sentence: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Personal Example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation of personal example (how does it connect to the text?): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Concluding sentence:  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Conclusion—

Restatement of Thesis:  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Final Thoughts:  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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