The Thesis is your main argument/ claim. It can be one or two sentences. Think to yourself: if I only had 1 or 2 sentences to fully answer the question, what would I write? That's your thesis. Learn more here. 

Your topic sentences should connect your body paragraphs to your thesis. They echo the language of the thesis. Learn more here. 

Highlight any sentences that connect directly to the text. Think: can I find this information in the book? If the answer is yes, then it's green!

Do you need to learn how to integrate your quotes? Learn more here. 

Commentary and analysis is anything that comes from your brain. These are the sentences where you make connections, explain the significance of a quote, or push the argument further. 

Transitions are words and phrases that guide your reader through our argument. They act as bridges between ideas. Learn more here.