Transcript The Multi-Paragraph Essay

The Multi-Paragraph
Essay
The Introduction
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Attention getter
Thesis statement
Relevant Information
No Quotes
Body Paragraphs
• Claim
• Data
• Warrant
Claim
• Should be the first sentence of each
body paragraph, and may be a part of
your transition
• Should relate back to your Thesis
statement
• Guides the entire paragraph
Data
• Examples taken from the novel, story, play,
essay, or poem
• Usually a direct quote, though can be
summarized
• Should relate to your topic sentence
• Should support your thesis statement
• Should be limited in length
Warrant
• Most crucial part of paragraph &
essay
• YOUR opinion
• Analysis of the data, how it supports
the claim/thesis
• Should be as long as the claim and
data combined
Conclusion
• Sums up ideas
• Gives final commentary
• Should not repeat words or phrases
from essay
• Do not include any new information
• Should make reader feel a sense of
completion
Thesis Statement
• In the novel The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, Jim is a greater
father figure to Huck than Pap.
Claim
• Huck takes on a new sense of
morality because of the kindness he
sees in Jim.
Data
• Huck chooses not to turn Jim in to
Miss Watson because, “I’d see him
standing my watch on top of his’n,
‘stead of calling me, so I could go on
sleeping. . . [he] said I was the best
friend old Jim ever had in the
world”(Twain 235).
Warrant
• When Huck struggles with the dilemma of
whether or not to turn Jim in as a runaway
slave, he remembers all of the kind things
Jim has done for him. This leads Huck to
the realization that what society considers
moral may not be right for him. So,
ultimately, Huck chooses to, “. . . go to
hell!”(236) rather than turning Jim in to
Miss Watson.
Claim
Data
Warrant