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Lesson 3

Assignment 2-3

Target

In the previous lesson, you learned about hooks and thesis statements, and a variety of strategies for writing an expository paragraph. In this lesson, you will look at how to structure a multi-paragraph essay.

To review Lesson 2-2, here is a graphic to illustrate how the first paragraph (introduction) of an essay might look:

Here is the first paragraph of the essay "The Pros and Cons of Being a Full-Time Musician"

to help you to better understand how you might organize an introduction (you should remember reading this full essay in Lesson 2-2).

Conclusions

Essay conclusions should restate the thesis, review main ideas, and conclude powerfully.

Read the following conclusion from "The Pros and Cons of Being a Full-Time Musician" by Marc LaFrance. Note how it connects to the introduction.