ESSAY STRUCTURE

ESSAY STRUCTURE

1. GENERALITIES

   • FASHIONING A COHERENT SET OF IDEAS INTO AN ARGUMENT
   • ATTENDING TO A READER LOGIC
   • THE FOCUS OF SUCH AN ESSAY PREDICTS ITS STRUCTURES

2. THE PARTS OF A ESSAY

   • INTRODUCING THE ARGUMENT
   • ANALYZING DATA
   • RAISING COUNTERARGUMNETES
   • CONCLUIDING

3. DIFFERENT ESSAY SECTIONS AS ANWERINGS A SERIES OF QUESTIONS

   • WHAT?
   • HOW?
   • WHY?

4. MAPPING A ESSAY

   • STRUCTURING YOUR ESSAY ACCORDING TO A READER´S LOGIC
   • ESSAY MAPS ASK YOU TO PREDICT WHERE YOUR READER WILL EXPECT INFORMATION
   • STATE YOUR THESIS IN A SENTENCE OR TWO
   • BEGIN YOUR NEXT SENTENCES LIKE THIS: "TO BE CONVINCED BY MY CLAIM, THE FIRST THING A READERS NEED TO KNOW..."
   • BEGIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES LIKE THIS: "THE NEXT THING MY READER NEXT TO KNOW IS..."

5. SIGNS OF TROUBLE

   • A COMMON STRUCTURAL FLAW IN COLLEGE ESSAYS IS THE "WALK TRHOUGH"
   • BE WARY WITH PARAGRAPHS OPENERS THAT LEAD OFF WITH "TIME" WORDS