Essay Structure

Introduction
1 General sentence about the subject in the text
2 Introduce the names of the texts and authors and what they discuss
3 Thesis statement- answers the question in the prompt

Body Paragraph 1
1 Topic sentence - proves rst point of thesis A
2 Citation/ example (with text evidence/ transition phrase) C
3 Explain/ analyze the citation and how it supports the point E
4 Citation/ example (with text evidence/ transition phrase) C
5 Explain/ analyze the citation and how it supports the point E
6 Concluding sentence

Body Paragraph 2
1 Topic sentence - proves second point of thesis A
2 Citation/ example (with text evidence/ transition phrase) C
3 Explain/ analyze the citation and how it supports the point E
4 Citation/ example (with text evidence/transition phrase) C
5 Explain/ analyze the citation and how it supports the point E
6 Concluding sentence

Body Paragraph 3
1 Topic sentence - proves third point of thesis A
2 Citation/ example (with text evidence/ transition phrase) C
3 Explain/ analyze the citation and how it supports the point E
4 Citation/ example (with text evidence/ transition phrase) C
5 Explain/ analyze the citation and how it supports the point E
6 Concluding sentence

Conclusion Paragraph
1 Restate the thesis statement
2 Final/ re ection sentence(s) about topic
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