Guided Practice In each sample paragraph below, one or more strategies are used to introduce or conclude an essay concerning the topic "a favorite vacation." Read the paragraphs. Then click on one or ...

In general, there may be a basic sentence within the paragraph (although in general, it may be another sentence, basically it is something that connects it to the previous paragraph).

No matter the text that you are studying, or the essay question that you have been given, it is helpful to have a basic or skeleton essay plan that you can adapt to fit different questions. Plan 1 ...

For an essay question on theme, you could write this basic introduction: ‘Sonnet 18’ by William Shakespeare is a poem that has an important theme of love.