<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Have You Memorized the Templates?</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Introduction (3 to 4 minutes) </span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hook</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">General statement about the topic that doesn’t give away our thesis or our reasons</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Shift to the prompt</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Bridge that connects the hook and thesis</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><u>THESIS</u></b></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">I recommend doing either the mostly agree or mostly disagree</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Outline</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Necessary. I see a lot of people skip this. </span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Tells the grader or the reader how many body paragraphs we have</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">…for the following two reasons, though I do concede that…</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Body Paragraph 1 (6 minutes)</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Transition word of some sort</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">First, Firstly, First of all, The first reason</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Rephrase the thesis</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><u>REASON #1</u></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Use the word “because”</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Example #1</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">For example, To illustrate</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">(Example #2)</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Good for word count.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Prevents storytelling</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Further develops your ideas – makes it more persuasive</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Commentary / Development</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">You have to develop your idea</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">You have to explain why your reason is even important. Why should we care?</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Why should I care that I have consistent energy throughout the day?</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Even if it’s obvious, you still need to include 2 or 3 sentences to develop this idea.</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Body Paragraph 2</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Exact same thing as above, except…</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Your transition word Secondly, In addition</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">I think that’s the only difference</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Concession Paragraph (5 to 6 minutes)</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Very important transition word – a contrast transition word</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">However, In contrast, Nevertheless</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">No need to rephrase thesis (we’re no longer supporting it in this paragraph)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">CONCESSION </span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">However, I do concede that people in certain situations should eat either fewer or more than three meals a day.</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Example #1</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Give an example of people who should eat fewer than three meals a day.</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">(Example #2)</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Give an example of people who should eat more than three meals a day.</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Commentary / Development</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">It could even just be one sentence</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Conclusion (1 to 2 minutes)</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Transition word that indicates you’re wrapping it up</span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">In conclusion, To sum up, In summary…</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">DON’T SAY FINALLY</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Rephrase the thesis</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Reference our outline in some way</span></span></li>
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