What is an essay? ● Personal: Reflecting on the author’s experiences ● Narrative
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Lecture slides: How to write an essay
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The body of the essay
Length of the body ● Typical high-school essay has a three-paragraph body ● Longer essays may have multiple sections with headings ● The body should make up the majority of the essay ● Choose a structure that fits with your arguments Each paragraph in the main body... ✓ Clearly relates to the main argument ✓ Has one central idea ✓ Is introduced with a topic sentence ✓ Transitions effectively from the previous paragraph ✓ Presents and interprets evidence Topic sentences A topic sentence introduces a paragraph by indicating its topic: Although the Braille system gained immediate popularity with the blind students at the Institute in Paris, it had to gain acceptance among the sighted before its adoption throughout France.
Topic sentences The topic sentence transitions from the previous paragraph: Although the Braille system gained immediate popularity with the blind students at the Institute in Paris, it had to gain acceptance among the sighted before its adoption throughout France.
Topic sentences Then it introduces the topic of this paragraph: Although the Braille system gained immediate popularity with the blind students at the Institute in Paris, it had to gain acceptance among the sighted before its adoption throughout France.
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