Threes in Essays, Paragraphs and Sentences

Essay

Essay - a unit concerned with one argument only

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

 often the last thing written

 establishes topic of essay

 tells how the topic will be developed

 makes the main categories and logic of the argument visible

 conventionally at the beginning of the article

 awakens interest of reader

 written at a high level of generality

presentation of ideas and data that support them

 combines high-level abstraction, generalizations, paraphrased source material, quotations, details

 a succession of paragraphs that explain, elaborate, develop and/or support the thesis

 in social sciences and sciences may consist of specifically required sections

 structure will depend on discipline because each has different sorts of results to present

 like introductions; more general than the rest of the essay

 the high levels of generality interpret the data found in the body

 confirms the reader's understanding of the argument

 doesn't repeat the introduction; relies on reader's new grasp of the ideas of the paper

 conventionally located at the end of the paper

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