Hello everyone, as I am writing this post, I know some of you might be very busy doing your last-minutes preparation for your English 1119 papers which scheduled to be tomorrow. Here is another tip for you guys on Essay Layout. I hope this will help you to ease your preparation.
This layout can be used for any kind of essay. The most important thing is that, you always need to ask yourself these WH-Questions:
This layout can be used for any kind of essay. The most important thing is that, you always need to ask yourself these WH-Questions:
- What?
- Why?
- Where?
- When?
- How?
The rest, you have to familiar with the format of the question that you going to choose. If you are asking me this question, I would rather go for question that I am not familiar with but, I have points to support my writing instead of answering my favorite question but I don't really have points and times to think for 'em because time is precious guys!
Break a leg guys!
Essay Layout
There are basically two ways to layout or
organize your paragraphs
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3773 – a four-paragraph essay
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35553 – a five-paragraph essay
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3773 Layout – 4 paragraphs
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35553 Layout – 5 paragraphs
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The
number refers to the number of sentences in each paragraph.
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3773
means:
§ a 3-sentence Intro
§ a 7-sentence para
§ a 7-sentence para
§ a 3-sentence conclusion
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35553
means
§ a 3-sentence Intro
§ a 5-sentence para
§ a 5-sentence para
§ a 5-sentence para
§ a 3-sentence conclusion
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The
3773 layout is a total of 20 sentences. At about 12 words per sentence, this
makes 240 words.
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The
35553 is a total of 21 sentences. At about 12 words per sentence, this adds
up to 252 words.
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3773 Layout
The 3773 layout means three sentences in the
introduction, seven in the second paragraph, seven in the third paragraph and
three in the conclusion.
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Either
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Introduction
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Body Paragraph For
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Body Paragraph Against
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Conclusion
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Or
§
Introduction
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Body Paragraph Against
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Body Paragraph For
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Conclusion
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Introduction: Three
sentences
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§ Present situation and/or
Both sides of Argument (1-2 sentences)
§ What you are going to do
in this essay / Your opinion (Thesis sentence)
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Paragraph 2: Seven
Sentences
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§ Topic Sentence
§ Argument 1 or Reason 1
§ Example, Explanation, or
supporting detail (2-4 sentences)
§ Argument 2 or Reason 2
§ Example, Explanation, or
supporting detail
§ Argument 3 or Reason 3
§ Example, Explanation, or
supporting detail
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Paragraph 3: Seven
Sentences
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§ Topic Sentence
§ Argument 1 or Reason 1
§ Example, Explanation, or
supporting detail (2-4 sentences)
§ Argument 2 or Reason 2
§ Example, Explanation, or
supporting detail
§ Argument 3 or Reason 3
§ Example, Explanation, or
supporting detail
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Conclusion: Three
Sentences
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§ Summary (both sides)
§ Present situation and
your opinion
§ Future statement
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3773
Layout: When Children Behave Badly
Should parents be responsible if their
children behave badly?
This essay is an example of
37773 layout. The essay is in favor of the question above- it wants parents to
be responsible if their children commit crimes.
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Introduction
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Present situation
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Many crimes and social problems are caused by children.
Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause, parents are not held responsible
in most countries.
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What this essay will do
(Thesis
sentence) |
This essay will discuss
whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes.
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Paragraph 2: Against
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Topic Sentence
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There are many reasons
why parents should not be responsible foer crimes committed by teenage
children.
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Reason 1: Independence
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First
of all, teenagers today are independent. They often move out of the parent’s
house at 18 years of age or younger. They are expected to
learn to take care of themselves and make their own decisions, and not stay like small children attached to their parents. |
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Reason 2: Parents working
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Secondly, parents are working. They cannot watch their
adolescent
children all the time. |
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Reason 3: Parents have
done their job
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A
third point is that even children from good families can sometimes commit
crimes. Parents should not be responsible if they have worked hard
to raise their children properly. |
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Paragraph 3: For
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Topic Sentence
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However, because of the many problems young troublemakers
cause, I feel we should make parents responsible.
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Reason 1: Lack of
Parental Control
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Firstly,
most juvenile crimes are committed by adolescents whose parents do not care
or make any effort to control their children. If
parents had to pay fines, they might make more effort. |
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Reason 2: Children not
mature
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Another point is that even though the children may seem
mature, they are not really able to make good decisions. Parents should be
responsible
for raising and teaching their children until they are fully grown. |
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Reason 3: Children will
think
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Furthermore,
if children know that their parents will have to pay, they will think
carefully before doing getting into trouble
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Conclusion
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Summary
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In summary, there are good reasons both for
and against making parents pay for acts committed by their children.
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Future/ Personal Opinion
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However,
I feel strongly that if we want to reduce the number of such crimes, we need
to make parents take more responsibility.
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290
words
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