Shaping the Essay Attention Getting Statement (You might want to use a powerful quote as your attention getting statement.Use something POWERFUL to engage your reader.Make a bold statement): “Think about that loincloth-draped prehistoric guy…When evening fell and he and his buddies returned home, they probably sat around the campfire trading tales about escaping saber-toothed tigers or renovating the family cave.His brain, like ours had an internal “story grammar” that helped him understand the world not as a set of logical propositions but as a pattern of experiences” (Pink 102). Additional Information (Use this space in order to transition your paper from the bold statement to you thesis): Throughout history, stories have been used to share experiences.Parents read their children stories, but they also tell them stories.Other adults pass on what they have learned in life through stories.How can this have possibly been overlooked in the business world?Or has it?Research has shown that “Even though publications all over the nation - and even the world - are writing about the companies, organizations and trainers who are making use of the power of storytelling, very few of the upper echelon will react well to our telling them that they need "storytelling” (King).Storytelling is important.People need to know how to develop their own stories in order to make themselves more marketable and accessible.Story is one of the “right brain” senses that Daniel Pink suggests in his book A Whole New Mind, people develop in order to enhance what they already know with their “left brain”.Pink states “minimizing the importance of story places you in professional and personal peril” (Pink 102).So what does that mean for young people? Thesis Sentence (Remember, your thesis must be a strong statement that you will prove with researched information and information from the book)
The sense of story is a human ability and will be impossible to automate, so it is the most important sense to develop to be successful in the future. First Body Paragraph (This should parallel your first topic in your thesis statement.This should have the least amount of information): Topic Sentence (Stating your argument): Lead In: First Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Second Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Third Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Fourth Fact (Opt): Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Conclusion: _You MUST have transitions following the LEAD OUTS or preceding the LEAD INS. Second Body Paragraph (This should parallel your second topic in your thesis statement.This should have a moderate amount of information): Topic Sentence (Stating your argument): Lead In: First Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Second Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Third Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Fourth Fact (Opt): Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Conclusion: You MUST have transitions following the LEAD OUTS or preceding the LEAD INS. Third Body Paragraph (This should parallel your third topic in your thesis statement.This should have the most amount of information): Topic Sentence (Stating your argument): Lead In: First Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Second Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Third Fact: Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Lead In: Fourth Fact (Opt): Novel Comparison/Contrast Lead Out: Conclusion: You MUST have transitions following the LEAD OUTS or preceding the LEAD INS. Concluding Paragraph (This is your last possible chance to make any points.Do not introduce any new information, but elaborate on information you’ve already given). Restate Thesis (Be sure to keep the thesis parallel with the introductory thesis): Reiterate Information: Conclusion/Sum Up (End with something powerful that the reader will not forget): __
Attention Getting Statement (You might want to use a powerful quote as your attention getting statement. Use something POWERFUL to engage your reader. Make a bold statement):
“Think about that loincloth-draped prehistoric guy…When evening fell and he and his buddies returned home, they probably sat around the campfire trading tales about escaping saber-toothed tigers or renovating the family cave. His brain, like ours had an internal “story grammar” that helped him understand the world not as a set of logical propositions but as a pattern of experiences” (Pink 102).
Additional Information (Use this space in order to transition your paper from the bold statement to you thesis):
Throughout history, stories have been used to share experiences. Parents read their children stories, but they also tell them stories. Other adults pass on what they have learned in life through stories. How can this have possibly been overlooked in the business world? Or has it? Research has shown that “Even though publications all over the nation - and even the world - are writing about the companies, organizations and trainers who are making use of the power of storytelling, very few of the upper echelon will react well to our telling them that they need "storytelling” (King). Storytelling is important. People need to know how to develop their own stories in order to make themselves more marketable and accessible. Story is one of the “right brain” senses that Daniel Pink suggests in his book A Whole New Mind, people develop in order to enhance what they already know with their “left brain”. Pink states “minimizing the importance of story places you in professional and personal peril” (Pink 102). So what does that mean for young people?
Thesis Sentence (Remember, your thesis must be a strong statement that you will prove with researched information and information from the book)
The sense of story is a human ability and will be impossible to automate, so it is the most important sense to develop to be successful in the future.
First Body Paragraph (This should parallel your first topic in your thesis statement. This should have the least amount of information):
Topic Sentence (Stating your argument):
Lead In:
First Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In:
Second Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In:
Third Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In: Fourth Fact (Opt):
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Conclusion:
_You MUST have transitions following the LEAD OUTS or preceding the LEAD INS.
Second Body Paragraph (This should parallel your second topic in your thesis statement. This should have a moderate amount of information):
Topic Sentence (Stating your argument):
Lead In:
First Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In:
Second Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In:
Third Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In: Fourth Fact (Opt):
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Conclusion:
You MUST have transitions following the LEAD OUTS or preceding the LEAD INS.
Third Body Paragraph (This should parallel your third topic in your thesis statement. This should have the most amount of information):
Topic Sentence (Stating your argument):
Lead In:
First Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In:
Second Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In:
Third Fact:
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Lead In: Fourth Fact (Opt):
Novel Comparison/Contrast
Lead Out:
Conclusion:
You MUST have transitions following the LEAD OUTS or preceding the LEAD INS.
Concluding Paragraph (This is your last possible chance to make any points. Do not introduce any new information, but elaborate on information you’ve already given).
Restate Thesis (Be sure to keep the thesis parallel with the introductory thesis):
Reiterate Information:
Conclusion/Sum Up (End with something powerful that the reader will not forget):
__