Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Essay Brainstorming
You will fill out the following pages with information to help you create an outline and some structure for
your essay. Be sure to complete each step thoroughly and completely.
Your Prompt:
You don’t need to rewrite it, you can just put the number or a general summary of the one you chose.
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Step 1: Brainstorm
What are some examples/thoughts that come to mind for your prompt? Use the following chart to help you.
Topic:_____________
___________________
______
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Step 3: Opening Paragraph
A good introduction paragraph should contain each of the following elements. Use the space below to come up with
some potential ideas for your essay. It’s okay if you re-word them as you’re writing your actual essay, but this will
give you a good start.
Hook – quote, fact, story, etc. that brings the reader in and grabs attention
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Bridging Sentences – introduces the topic, provides relevant history/author information
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Thesis Statement- tells the audience the specific purpose of the essay (A in ACES paragraph)
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Concluding sentence
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________