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    Essay Parts: The Introductory Paragraph

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    Traditionally, essays follow a three-part structure: an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. The introductory paragraph captures the reader's interest and ends with a thesis statement. Each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence that relates back to the thesis. They use specific details and examples to support and develop the claims. The concluding paragraph restates the thesis and leaves the reader with something to think about. This three-part structure follows Aristotle's suggestion to tell the audience the topic, discuss it, and then summarize what was discussed.

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    Traditionally, essays follow a three-part structure: an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. The introductory paragraph captures the reader's interest and ends with a thesis statement. Each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence that relates back to the thesis. They use specific details and examples to support and develop the claims. The concluding paragraph restates the thesis and leaves the reader with something to think about. This three-part structure follows Aristotle's suggestion to tell the audience the topic, discuss it, and then summarize what was discussed.

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    Traditionally, essays follow a three-part structure: an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. The introductory paragraph captures the reader's interest and ends with a thesis statement. Each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence that relates back to the thesis. They use specific details and examples to support and develop the claims. The concluding paragraph restates the thesis and leaves the reader with something to think about. This three-part structure follows Aristotle's suggestion to tell the audience the topic, discuss it, and then summarize what was discussed.

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    Essay parts

    Traditionally, it has been taught that a formal essay consists of three parts: the introductory
    paragraph or introduction, the body paragraphs, and the concluding paragraph. An essay does
    not need to be this simple, but it is a good starting point.

    The introductory paragraph accomplishes three purposes: it captures the reader’s interest,


    it suggests the importance of the essay’s topic, and it ends with a thesis sentence. Often, the
    thesis sentence states a claim that consists of two or more related points. For example, a
    thesis might read:

    A college essay has an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding
    paragraph.

    You are telling the reader what you think are the most important points which need to be
    addressed in your essay. For this reason, you need to relate the introduction directly to the
    question or topic. A strong thesis is essential to a good essay, as each paragraph of your
    essay should be related back to your thesis or else deleted. Thus, the thesis establishes the
    key foundation for your essay. A strong thesis not only states an idea but also uses solid
    examples to back it up. A weak thesis might be:

    Wikipedia is a powerful resource in many ways.

    As an alternative, a strong thesis for the same topic would be:

    Wikipedia is a powerful resource because it allows users with knowledge in a specific area to
    share their knowledge, because it allows users to quickly find information about a vast array of
    topics, and because studies have confirmed that it is as accurate as any other encyclopedia.

    Then, you could separate your body paragraphs into three sections: one explaining the open-
    source nature of the project, one explaining the variety and depth of information, and a final
    one using studies to confirm that Wikipedia is indeed as accurate as other encyclopedias.

    Each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence. If the thesis contains multiple points or
    assertions, each body paragraph should support or justify them, preferably in the order the
    assertions originally stated in the thesis. Thus, the topic sentence for the first body paragraph
    will refer to the first point in the thesis sentence and the topic sentence for the second body
    paragraph will refer to the second point in the thesis sentence. Generally, if the thesis sentence
    contains three related points, there should be three body paragraphs, though you should base
    the number of paragraphs on the number of supporting points needed.

    If the core topic of the essay is the format of college essays, the thesis sentence might read:

    A college essay has an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding
    paragraph.

    The topic sentence for the first body paragraph might read:

    The first paragraph of an essay is the introductory paragraph.

    Sequentially, the topic sentence for the second body paragraph might read:

    The introductory paragraph is followed by several body paragraphs.

    And the topic sentence for the third body paragraph might read:
    The college essay’s final paragraph is its concluding paragraph.

    Everybody paragraph uses specific details, such as anecdotes, comparisons and contrasts,
    definitions, examples, expert opinions, explanations, facts, and statistics to support and
    develop the claim that its topic sentence makes.

    The concluding paragraph usually restates the thesis and leaves the reader something about
    the topic to think about. If appropriate, it may also issue a call to act, inviting the reader to take
    a specific course of action with regard to the points that the essay presented.

    Aristotle suggested that speakers and, by extension, writers should tell their audience what
    they are going to say, say it, and then tell them what they have said. The three-part essay
    model, consisting of an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding
    paragraph, follows this strategy.

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