Vocabulary: Abscond, Access, Anarchy, Arduous, Auspicious Biased, Daunt, Disentangle, Fated, Hoodwink, Inanimate, Incinerate, Intrepid, Larceny, Pliant Pompous, Precipice, Rectify, Reprieve, Revile https://writingcenter.ashford.edu/transitional-phrases Thesis Format: Guidelines for writing a thesis statement Definition: SUBJECT + WRITER’S ATTITUDE + REASONS + REASON + REASON = THESIS STATEMENT A thesis statement is the main idea of an essay expressed in one sentence. A thesis statement is the primary controlling idea or opinion holding your writing together, the basic message you want your writing to express A thesis statement is never phrased as a question A thesis statement never expresses only a fact Essay Format Reference Sheet Introductory Paragraph: Written in funnel paragraph form that is from general to specific . The thesis is the last sentence of the introductory paragraph. Body Paragraphs...