Essay Organization and Body Paragraph 1

Essay Organization and DEvelopment

Now that you've written your introduction, it's time to more thoughtfully plan your essay. Let's learn how!

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Essay organization

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What are the parts of an essay?

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You've done the introduction, and now it's time for Body Paragraph 1. However, remember that you need to have a logical reason for the order of your ideas.

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Consider 4 Things

when deciding which will be your first, second, and last point

Put your Weakest in the Middle

Save the Best for Last!

Which point do you think is okay but you don't feel great about it? Which do you have the least ideas about?

Which point do you think will be your best? Which do you have the most ideas about?

Use Chronological Order

Use Logical Order

Does one effect lead to another effect? (This is a cause-effect chain.)

Is there one point that readers need to understand first in order to understand another idea?

Body paragraph 1

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Supporting Ideas

...often focus on "ways"

...could be part of a cause-effect chain

Details

Specific facts, examples, statistics

• These are mostly from your head, but you should have one or two details that come from research!
• Sentences from research need to contain appropriate in-text citations and have a matching Works Cited entry.
• Do not use transitions, except for example signals.

You have options!

...and more than 2.

• Just make sure that you have at least 6 detail sentences.
• Put the Supporting Idea with the most details last.

Topic Sentences

...are super important!

• Don't forget a transition to signal that this is your first main point.
• Your topic sentence is just a paraphrase of the thesis statement that focuses on the main point.