The Food Book of Writing

PARAGRAPHS Paragraphs – a group of sentences that together convey a shared purpose structured around the same topic.

Introductory Paragraphs (Introductions) Hook (Lead / Opening Statement) – can begin with the title Anecdotal (Brief story to set the mood and lead the reader into the topic) Kids who eat too much junk food end up gaining weight whether they like it or not. Once they realize that what they've been eating is too much and try to lose weight it is difficult for some people to lose motivation and continue to gain weight. If ju k food wasn't such an addicting thing to kids, they could live a healthy long life.

Query Based (Question that brings the reader to the topic - avoid second person POV “you”) Does international food taste better than food from america?

Thesis Statements (the purpose of a piece of writing – usually one sentence in length, but can be longer depending on the purpose – must be something that is arguable) Assertion (claim - a subject + a “so what” about the subject) Jelly has gelatine in it that is made up of animal bones but i taste really good Fact (empirically verifiable but often difficult to argue extensively about - better used as evidence to support a claim) Soup tastes better hot.

Opinion (personal position on a topic) Vegan burgers are worse than regular because the meat isn’t real.

Belief (social, religious, or political in nature – an opinion held by many to be a fact, though it is not necessarily factual – often involves a judgement) Eating junk food can make your life shorten Generalization (uses absolute or statistical pronouns: all, always, every, never, none, most, half – avoid using this type of thesis statement unless citing the source of the data) Candy is good but can have too much sugar Document Based (cites a specific source, author, and position on a topic) According to researchers eating too much junk food can cut your life short as much as 10 years Theory (a statement that can be tested and potentially proven often answers a research question) Too much sugar can make make little kids hyperactive 18