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The Color-Coded Essay. . . Color-coding your essays creates a visual picture of the various elements of any essay. . . Color-coding is a useful organizational tool. . . Any correctly written essay will have the same color patterns, regardless of author, topic or complexity. . . A person who knows the proper color-coding patterns will always have an essay that is organized..
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2. The Color-Coded Essay
3. Color-coding your essays creates a visual picture of the various elements of any essay.
4. Color-coding is a useful organizational tool.
5. Any correctly written essay will have the same color patterns, regardless of author, topic or complexity.
6. A person who knows the proper color-coding patterns will always have an essay that is organized.
7. The attention-getter should be colored
red
8. The thesis statement should be colored
green
9.
The first reason should be colored
yellow
10. The second reason should be colored
blue
11. If more than two reasons are used in an essay, continue to alternate the yellow and blue pattern.
12. Although the attention-getter is in the beginning of the introductory paragraph, create your thesis first
13. Identify the essential question
Answer the essential question
Give reasons to support your answer
14. Example:
Write about a person you admire.
15. What is the essential question?
Whom do I admire?
16. Answer the essential question
The person I admire most is my older sister, Karen.
17. Reasons:
I admire my sister because she had to deal with the death of husband and she had to raise two boys by herself.