Answer the following questions about your classmate’s introductory paragraph:

 

1. What is the hook?  

 

 Does it?

a.  give background information.

b.  tell an interesting little story. 

c.  present the other side of the argument. 

d. use a quotation and then explain it.

 

    2.  Is the thesis statement the last sentence in the paragraph?

 

    3. Does the thesis statement include the topic and the controlling ideas of each developmental paragraph?