What is STRUCTURE? Structure is how something is arranged, supported, and functions. In writing, the structure of each component is important to clearly lead the reader through your thoughts without getting lost. In grammar, sentence structure guides the reader along the path: smoothly, with ease, or choppy, with disjointed movements.
While fiction writing is a little more flexible with paragraph structure due to style and conventions that the writer is working with, within the confines of that story, academic writing (which includes articles, essays, reflections, book reports, etc.) has a set structure that is expected to be followed for clarity as the reader wades through your argument and source usage.
The structure of your essay needs to be in a specific order, moving from introduction to body, to conclusion. Within that basic structure, there are many small structures to follow as well
- Sentence Structure
- Paragraph Structure
- Essay Structure
While we will not be limited to the 5-paragraph essay system in this class, a 5-paragraph essay is the minimum-sized essay you will create in our class. You must have an introduction paragraph, at least three body paragraphs, and then a conclusion paragraph. You may have more body paragraphs if you have the content to support it; however, three body paragraphs are the minimum number of support that you must use in our class. See this geyser info-graphic for a way to understand how a 5-paragraph essay works, is linked together, and how it is connected, one section to the next.
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