Basic Essay Structure

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">Basic Essay Structure </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial"> </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">I. Introduction or Thesis </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  A. Introduction </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  1. Something that grabs a reader’s interest. </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  2. Provides a context for the subject. </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  3. Establishes a common ground between you and a   </font> </p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  possibly skeptical reader. </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  4. Use of a quotation or anecdote. </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">B. Thesis </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  1. State a unifying idea for the paper. </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  2. Preview the structure of the essay. </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial"> II. Body of Essay </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">A. Reason or support # 1 </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  1. DPE – Data, proof, and evidence (examples, statistics, or </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  authoritative researchers). </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial"> B. Reason or support # 2 </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  1. DPE – Data, proof, and evidence (examples, statistics, or </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  authoritative researchers). </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial"> C. Reason or support # 3 </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  1. DPE – Data, proof, and evidence (examples, statistics, or </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  authoritative researchers). </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial"> *Always remember: the more DPE to support your position, the better! </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial"> III. Conclusion </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  A. Suggest a broader significance of the unifying idea. </font></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-autospace: none; line-height: 200%"> <font face="Arial">  B. Provide a sense of completion.</font></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><br />Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com</p><br />

Basic Essay Structure

Basic Essay Structure   I. Introduction or Thesis   A. Introduction   1. Something that grabs a reader’s interest.   2. Provides a con...

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