Formal Paper Writing Cheat Sheet

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Formal Paper Writing Cheat Sheet:
Introduction:
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Attention Getter (fact, stat, quote are easiest. INTERNAL CITATION)
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Elaboration (Explain your attention getter)
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Claim (This is an ARGUMENT make is strong!)
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Sub-arguments (These should be the topic sentences of your body
paragraphs)
Body:
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Transition (Smooth into the paragraph)
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Topic Sentence (Your sub-arguments!)
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Evidence Sandwiches (you probably will need multiple, see below)
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Closing Sentence (Tie info in paragraph into your claim)
Conclusion:
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Transition (Smooth into conclusion)
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Claim (What your WHOLE paper was about)
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Review (reviewing your sub-arguments from before)
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Elaboration (Set up the quote/stat/fact that will follow)
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Clincher (Quote/Stat/Fact used to end strong!)
Evidence Sandwich:
Preview Evidence: Like a movie preview (example: In chapter four… )
Present Evidence: Probably a quote/fact/stat with INTERNAL CITATION
Explain Evidence: This is the most important! You must relate it to your thesis!
Internal Citations:
For books it is the author’s last name and page number (Smith 34)
For websites it is the first words (usually the title of the article) in your Works Cited
citation (Dog Grooming). Within the sentence it is formatted like this: "Bobby ate
cheese," (Author Last Name Page Number).
Friendly Reminders:
● No personal pronouns (you, me, I, we, etc.)
● No contractions (can’t, won’t, I’ll, they’re)
● Title (your own creative original title, not the name of the book)
● Proper Header (Last name and page number in upper right corner)
● Proper Heading (Name, Teacher, Class, Date [formatted] in upper left)
● If you are writing on a book, you must mention title and author in the
intro
● Double Space, Times New Roman, 12 pt, standard margins
● If you are using any outside research you MUST provide an MLA Works
Cited page.

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