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The Short Essay

Introductory Paragraph

  1. Catch Sentence
  2. Plan of Organization
  3. Thesis Statement

Support (Developmental) Paragraphs

I II III
  1. Topic Sentence

  2. Examples
    Details
    Anecdotes
    Facts
    Statistics

  3. Method:
  • Process
  • Cause and Effect
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Definition
  • Classification
  • Any combination of methods to support the topic sentence
  1. Topic Sentence

  2. Examples
    Details
    Anecdotes
    Facts
    Statistics

  3. Method:
  • Process
  • Cause and Effect
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Definition
  • Classification
  • Any combination of methods to support the topic sentence
  1. Topic Sentence

  2. Examples
    Details
    Anecdotes
    Facts
    Statistics

  3. Method:
  • Process
  • Cause and Effect
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Definition
  • Classification
  • Any combination of methods to support the topic sentence

Closing Paragraph

  1. Summary of Support Paragraphs
  2. Restatement of Thesis Sentence

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