Le Edit View Tools Hel Outline for Language and Thought informative essay
Introductory Paragraph
Write a "hook" to open your essay.
Write 2-3 sentences of background. Introduce the topic of your discussion and the works (Lakoff
and Deutscher) you will consider in your discussion.
Thesis Statement: Now write 1-2 sentences answering this question: From your reading in this unit,
what have you learned about the role language plays in why we think the way we do? (Have you
done this already on the "essay organizers? Then you can pull this sentence from that document).
Body Paragraph 1
Topic sentence: Write a sentence that supports your thesis statement and controls the topic of your
paragraph. (Have you done this already on the "essay organizers? Then you can pull this sentence
from that document).