Essay Structure

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH
BODY PARAGRAPH
CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH
OUTLINING

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 FLOW IN WRITING AN ESSAY

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DRAFTING

EDITING
FINAL REVISING
PROOFREADING
VERSION
 How to write an outline:
More about Doing a process of gathering the ideas.
outlining an Edit and decide on a topic for your writing.
Number them with different types of numbers
essay and letters to show the organization of the
ideas.
Fill in more information for the paragraphs in
the main body by using capital Roman letters.
Use Arabic numerals to give
details for your supporting
points. to show the organization
of the ideas.
Fill in more information for the
paragraphs in the main body by
using capital Roman letters.
Introductory Paragraph
An essay begins with a brief introduction,
which prepares the audience to read the
essay.

The introduction is often organized by giving

the most general ideas first and then leading
to the most specific idea, which is the thesis
statement.
Here is the illustration for
introductory paragraph.
 Body Paragraph

An essay includes body

paragraphs, which
develop the main idea
(thesis or claim) of the
essay.
 AN EFFECTIVE
BODY PARAGRAPH
SHOULD:

1 2 3 4

Discuss only one aspect of Work together with the Work together with the
Explain, illustrate, discuss,
the main idea (whenever you other body paragraphs to other body paragraphs to
or provide evidence to
move on to a new supporting support your essay’s create a clear, cohesive
support the main idea
point, start a new body main idea; paper (clarity and
(thesis or claim) of the
paragraph); coherence can be
essay;
achieved through the use
of transitions).
 CONCLUDING
Outline Introduction PARAGRAPH
An essay ends with a brief
conclusion, which brings the
essay to a logical end.
Body Conclusion
 Strategy 2
Restates the thesis.

Strategy 3
An effective Makes a final comment
about the essay’s main idea
conclusion should:
Strategy 4
Avoid introducing new ideas.
Strategy 1
Strategy 5
Summarizes the main
Avoid apologies
points of the essay.