Submit a five paragraph essay on your topic. Use the following schematic to help you with what should go in each paragraph (see below). Remember, our speech topic is a Ted Talk. You will need to pick a topic that you want to tell a personal story about. And you will need at least three main points to your story. Think of a lesson you have learned during your life. Explain that lesson in the context of how it affected you. Or, talk about something you are passionate about and why. Again, you need three main points. Please note that you do not need a source for your essay. This will be a source-free essay.
There are a lot of resources online for 5 paragraph essays. Here is a good one: https://www.time4writing.com/writing-resources/writing-five-paragraph-essays-for-standardized-test/
Paragraph 1: Attention getter, thesis, preview of main points, transition to paragraph 2.
Paragraph 2: Topic sentence for this paragraph (what is the paragraph about). Details on topic sentence. Go into detail on your main point. Transition to paragraph 3.
Paragraph 3: Topic sentence for this paragraph (what is the paragraph about). Details on topic sentence. Go into detail on your main point. Transition to paragraph 4.
Paragraph 4: Topic sentence for this paragraph (what is the paragraph about). Details on topic sentence. Go into detail on your main point. Transition to paragraph 5.
Paragraph 5: Conclude essay. Review main points. Review thesis. Have an ending attention getter.
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