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The STRUCTURE of an essay is as important as the paper FORMAT and source CITATIONS.

Be sure to follow the DRAFTING content for proper STRUCTURE & STYLE.

Be sure to use the 3-part-layout in all of your writing. See THIS LINK for help with the 3-part-layout in DBs, essays, and paragraphs.


Monday, January 14, 2019

Writing Paragraphs in an Argument Paper

Paragraphs in an Argument

Written by Dorothy Turner


Writing Paragraphs
Review: Topic Sentences
Review: Dividing your Argument
Review: Paragraph Development

A thesis is a single, focused argument, and most paragraphs prove or demonstrate a thesis through explanations, examples and concrete details. This chapter [broken into the sections below] will help you learn to write and analyze the types of paragraphs common in academic essays.  

If you have not read the Hamburger Method handout from this site, please take a moment to do so before continuing with this reading.  You can click on any of the sections below for detailed help in that area or work your way through the reading one topic at a time.
  1. Outlines
  2. Using the Hamburger Method
  3. Writing Topic Sentences
  4. Analyzing a Topic Sentence
  5. Dividing your Argument
  6. Developing Unified and Coherent Paragraphs

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