Persuasive Essay/Speech Paragraph template Final draft and presentation are due beginning of class 1/26

All Essays or speeches should take this approach:

1. Introduction
2. Thesis - subject + your opinion
3. Body Paragraph (usually two chunks)
     a. Topic Sentence
     b. Concrete Detail - fact, statistic, example, comparison, cause and effect analogy
     c. Commentary (two sentences that connect your concrete detail to the topic sentence (elaboration)
     d. Repeat b and c for chunk 2
     e. Concluding sentence
4. Body Paragraph #2
5. Body Paragraph #3 +
6. Conclusion - a restatement of how your position is relevant

Your persuasive speech should consist of an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion.