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The Essay Structure
Worth Weller, W131
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Paper Format
• Unless your prof says otherwise, follow standard MLA guidelines for the format of your paper. Use a very normal looking font, 12 pt., no bold, no ALL CAPS, indent your first line of each paragraph 1/2”, and double space the entire paper. Do not use a cover sheet. Instead, in the top left hand corner do this:
Your nameProfessor LastnameBasketweaving 101XX Monthspelledout 200X
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Use a Header
• On the top right should be a header (which Microsoft Word will do automatically for you). It should be lastname space pagenumber. You can find an example at this website:
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
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Here’s What An Essay “Looks” Like:
• Title• Introduction
• Thesis statement
• Body paragraph• Topic sentence• Supporting details
• Body paragraph…• Topic sentence• Supporting details
• Conclusion
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Title
• This can be catchy, cute, creative or just to the point.
• A Day at Disney World• Spaced Out in Space Mountain• How to Wait in Line All Day and Not Lose Your
Mind• Captured by Pirates• I Met My Maker on Toad’s Wild Ride• The Most Expensive Junk Food in the World• Postmodernism Meets Late Capitalism
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But notice…
• The title indicates, at least in some fashion, what the essay is about.
• Sometimes, after you’ve done some freewriting, clustering, and general research and thinking about your topic, writing the title first helps you focus.
• You can always change the title later.
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Introduction• Your first or introductory paragraph
should both explain your topic and stimulate your audience’s interest.
• We’ll have an entire lesson on this later, but your introductory paragraph (or paragraphs) somewhere contains a thesis statement that helps your reader focus on what exactly you are going to talk about in the upcoming body paragraphs.
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Visual Representation
1. Broad sentence that sets the stage
2., 3. narrower sentences that provide some details or a greater degree of specificity
4. Very specific sentence that focuses on exactly
what you are going to say in the following essay Thesis
statement
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Body Paragraphs
• Body paragraphs support and explain the essay’s thesis.
• The more the merrier, for several reasons:
• They are reader friendly• They help make the essay look
organized.• And, of course, they help you meet your
paper’s page-length requirement.
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Some Guidelines
• Each paragraph is a complete thought.• As soon as you start to change
thoughts, or go a new direction, start a new paragraph.
• Don’t be afraid of having “too many paragraphs.”
• I like to see at least three indents on a page
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• Generally a paragraph starts with a topic sentence, that tells what the paragraph is about,
• and the other sentences provide details and support.
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• You can have as many or as few sentences to a paragraph as you want,
• and in fact it makes your paper more readable, creates a better rhythm, if you vary the paragraph length.
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The Golden Rule:
• Don’t let a paragraph wander – keep it to one central thought.
• When you feel your mind changing gears, it’s time to change paragraphs!
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Conclusions
• A concluding paragraph is the final paragraph in your essay
• It presents a philosophical summary of the essay, linking directly back to the intro
• And (sorry) it does NOT start with “In conclusion…”