Writing an Essay Using the Tic Tac

WRITING AN ESSAY: Using the “Tic-Tac-Toe” Method

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Workshop sponsored by:

The Dr. Mack Gipson, Jr., Tutorial and Enrichment Center

Presented by: Carole Overton, Director Dr. Mack Gipson, Jr., Tutorial and Enrichment Center Gipson Building Paine College 706-821-8345

Dr. Mack Gipson, Jr., Tutorial and Enrichment Center 5-Paragraph College Essay Structure Parts Title Description                      is centered on top line in not underlined or bolded is not in quotations is written with proper capitalization catches the reader’s attention and makes him interested in reading the essay starts with a general statement, question, or “attention-grabber” ends with your thesis statement that tells the reader what you will be talking about and what your 3 main points are develops your first main point starts with a topic sentence that states MP1 contains at least 3 sentences (S1, S2, S3), each of which gives a supporting detail (each of these sentences may be further developed with sub-support sentences (SS1, SS2, SS3, etc.) ends with a conclusion sentence which summarizes or wraps up MP1 develops your second main point starts with a topic sentence that states MP2 contains at least 3 sentences (S1, S2, S3), each of which gives a supporting detail (each of these sentences may be further developed with sub-support sentences (SS1, SS2, SS3, etc.) ends with a conclusion sentence which summarizes or wraps up MP2 develops your third main point starts with a topic sentence that states MP3 contains at least 3 sentences (S1, S2, S3), each of which gives a supporting detail (each of these sentences may be further developed with sub-support sentences (SS1, SS2, SS3, etc.) ends with a conclusion sentence which summarizes or wraps up MP3 summarizes your entire essay and wraps up your paper (draws it to a close) may review main points and come to some kind of conclusion

First Paragraph: Introduction

Second Paragraph: Main Point 1