Writing for Analysis

The TREC Building Blocks

Topic Sentence is the T

Make your claim and tell meWhat your paragraph’s aboutState it clearly,

Shout it out

Topic Sentence is the T

It’s the claim of your writing

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Slow it down now and transition

Show the reader your position

Use a Reason Detail Fact

The RDF supports all that

You’ve presented in your TJust one more thing before

the E !!!

Reason

DetailFact

What? Oh yeah… Transitions yo!

Furthermore and In Addition

Will both help you to transitionTo another RDFLikewise also makes some senseWith Moreover and SimilarlyThe FILMS transitions are what you need!!!!

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NOW STOP!!!!The Es – explanation

evidence of your education

Showing what you think and readUse the Es and you’ll succeed

The Es - examples, explanationand evidence of your education

Specific examples all explained

Say what happens,

Use character names

The Who, What, Where, When, How and Why

Use evidence from the text to try

And prove the point made in your claim

That’s good Es

When you explain

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Once you offer all your Es

And RDFs

Then comes the C

Concluding Sentence

is Cs name

Reminds the reader of your claim

Presented in your

topic sentence

Now you’re done you just need practice !!!!

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That’s TREC (the building blocks yo)