Essay Outline: The Five Paragraph Essay



Essay Outline: The Five Part Essay

Introductory Paragraph

Thesis Statement:

Strategy Statement (introduces three arguments you will make in essay):

Body of Essay-Three Paragraph Structure

Topic Sentence #1: (introduces the first main argument and directly links it to the thesis statement)

Evidence #1: (a fact that supports the first main argument)

Analysis #1: (explain how the evidence supports the first argument)

Evidence #2: (another fact that supports the first main argument)

Analysis #2: ( explain how the evidence supports the first argument)

Concluding Statement: (ties up or finishes the first main argument and links it back to the thesis)

Topic Sentence #2: (Provides a transition from the last argument, introduces the second main argument and directly links it to the thesis statement)

Evidence #1: (a fact that supports the second main argument)

Analysis #1: ( explain how the evidence supports the second argument)

Evidence #2:(another fact that supports the second main argument)

Analysis #2: ( explain how the evidence supports the second argument))

Concluding Statement: (ties up the second main argument and links it back to the thesis)

Topic Sentence #3: (Provides a transition from the last argument, introduces the third main argument and directly links it to the thesis statement)

Evidence #1:(a fact that supports the third main argument)

Analysis #1:( explain how the evidence supports the third argument))

Evidence #2:(another fact that supports the third main argument)

Analysis #2: (explain how the evidence supports the third argument)

Concluding Statement: (ties up or finished the third main argument and links it back to the thesis)

Concluding Paragraph

Summarize three main arguments

Restates thesis

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