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Essay Structure

An essay and paragraph both discuss a single topic. While paragraphs are shorter with narrower topics covered in a few sentences, essays have a wider scope and length that allows for supporting and concluding paragraphs. Both essays and paragraphs have an introduction, body with supporting details, and conclusion. The main difference is that essays cover more information over a broader topic due to their greater length.

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Essay Structure

An essay and paragraph both discuss a single topic. While paragraphs are shorter with narrower topics covered in a few sentences, essays have a wider scope and length that allows for supporting and concluding paragraphs. Both essays and paragraphs have an introduction, body with supporting details, and conclusion. The main difference is that essays cover more information over a broader topic due to their greater length.

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Differences and Similarities between an Essay and a Paragraph

Differences Similarities
The main difference between an They both discuss ONE topic

essay and a paragraph is the length Essays have supporting and

and, therefore, the scope of the concluding paragraphs, just as

information. paragraphs have supporting and

Paragraphs narrow down the subject concluding sentences.

and include the most important Both essays and paragraphs have

information in few sentences. an introduction (or topic

A paragraph topic is very specific sentence), a body (supporting

while the essay topic must cover a information), and a conclusion.

wider scope.

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The Form of an Essay
Here the diagram that shows the form of an essay. You can refer to this as a guide while
writing your own essays.

Introductory Paragraph
The introduction attracts the readers interest.
Introduction The thesis statement (or thesis sentence) states the
Thesis statement main idea advanced in the essay.
The plan of development is a list of points that
Plan of development:
support the thesis. The points are presented in the
Points 1,2,3 order in which they will be developed in the essay.

First Supporting Paragraph

Topic sentence (point 1) The topic sentence advances the first supporting
point for the thesis, and the specific evidence in
Specific evidence
the rest of the paragraph develops that first
point.
Second supporting Paragraph
The topic sentence advances the second supporting
Topic sentence (point 2) point for the thesis, and the specific evidence in
Specific evidence the rest of the paragraph develops that second
point.

Third supporting Paragraph The topic sentence advances the third supporting
Topic sentence (point 3) point for the thesis, and the specific evidence in
the rest of the paragraph develops that third
Specific evidence
point.

Concluding Paragraph A summary is a brief restatement of the thesis


and its main points. A conclusion is a final
Summary, conclusion, or both thought or two stemming from the subject of the
essay

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