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Identify the different parts of a simple 5 paragraph essay.

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Want to upgrade your essay writing skills? Take this "Essay Writing Tips Quiz" and learn how to write an effective essay. Essays are great ways to convey your thesis points. Many Universities enlist essay writing to gauge your competence for admission. This quiz guides you to write a well-structured essay on relevant matters. If you like this quiz, share it with your friends and family. All the best!

What should the first paragraph of your essay be?

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Introduction

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What are the best ways to map out and organize your essay?

Writing without thorough research

Writing without preparation

Writing without outlining

Outlining and brainstorming

A clear assertive sentence that your essay is written around is called...

Global Statement

Concluding Statement

Topic Sentence

What is the minimum number of paragraphs should an essay be?

What does the concluding paragraph talk about.

What you will be talking about

Detailed explanation 

Talks about the summary and way forward

None of these

What is the usual structure of an essay?

Introduction, main body and conclusion

The way forward, main body and conclusion

The main body, way forward and conclusion

None of the above

Should you follow the instructions?

Yes, always

We should write the way we like it

Yes, but not all

Should we write facts and quote sources in essay?

We should write what we want to

What is one thing we should not avoid while writing essays?

Logical progression of ideas throughout the essay

 Elaboration of the obvious

Kitchen sink approach

What is the best to upgrade your essay writing skills?

Writing practice

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5 Main Parts of an Essay: An Easy Guide to a Solid Structure

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You might think of essays as boring assignments for explaining the themes in Huckleberry Finn or breaking down the characters in The Great Gatsby , but the essay is one of the most timeless forms in all of literature. It’s a genre that includes deep readings of texts, personal essays, and journalistic reports. Before you get to any of that, you need to figure out the basic parts of the essay.

What Are the Parts of an Essay?

You can think of any essay as consisting of three parts: the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. You might see some small variations, but for the most part, that is the structure of any essay.

Take the five-paragraph essay as a simple example. With that form, you get one introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. That’s five paragraphs, but three parts.

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Like a good word burger: how to write the three parts of an essay.

A good essay is much like a good burger (or a sandwich, but we’re a burger society here). Your intro and conclusion are the buns sandwiching the patty, cheese, and other good toppings of the body paragraphs.

What Is an Introduction Paragraph?

“Hello! My name is Seymour. It’s nice to meet you.” That might seem like a simple, non-essay introduction, but it has all the basic components of what you want in an  introduction paragraph . You start with the hook. Your hook is the first sentence of your entire essay, so you want to grab people’s attention (or hook them) immediately.

From there, you have sentences that lead the reader directly to the thesis sentence . Your thesis is possibly the most important part of your entire essay. It’s the entire raison d'être . It’s what you’re arguing or trying to accomplish with your essay as a whole.

Kaboom! That, the sound of the entire universe forming in an instant, giving rise to apples, toenails, and what we know today as the humble five-paragraph essay. Since that fortuitous moment, the five-paragraph essay has become the favorite assignment among English teachers, to the bemusement of students. Although many educators, professionals, and youths have valid criticisms about the form, the five-paragraph essay is an important component of developing writing skills and critical thought. 

What Is a Body Paragraph?

The body paragraphs are the main part of your essay burger. Each body paragraph presents an idea that supports your thesis. This can include evidence from a literary source, details that build out your thesis, or explanations for your reasoning.

The first sentence of each body paragraph is known as the topic sentence . You can kind of think of it like a smaller part of your thesis sentence. It’s the main idea that you want to discuss in that specific body paragraph. The rest of the body paragraph is made up of supporting sentences, which support that topic sentence.

While many are critical of the five-paragraph essay’s rigid form, that rigidity is part of what makes it so advantageous. Every five-paragraph essay is an introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph, and they will always have that structure. With such a stable form, a writer truly only needs to worry about the contents of the essay, putting all the focus on the actual writing and ideas, not the organization.

What Is a Concluding Paragraph?

A burger needs a solid, sturdy bottom bun. Otherwise, the burger would fall apart. The same holds for a conclusion. A good conclusion holds the essay together, while offering a unique finishing touch to the whole thing.

The conclusion is at once the easiest and hardest part of the essay. It’s easy in that it mostly involves restating your thesis and much of what you already discussed. The hard part is thinking outside of the essay and considering how your thesis applies to components of real life.

In conclusion, the five-paragraph essay is a useful and effective form for teaching students how to write and develop their critical thinking skills. It’s not without its setbacks, but it’s a simple form that can give way to other ways of writing. Longer research papers are essentially five-paragraph essays with more body paragraphs, while short fiction and creative writing require similar critical thought and writing acumen. Even if you don’t write, five-paragraph essays can teach you how to use your voice and express your ideas.

Explore Essay Examples

Understanding each part of an essay is essential to writing one, but seeing actual essay examples in the wild can take you from essay noob to essay expert. Look at specific types of essays, and see if you can pick out the different parts in each one — from thesis statements to hooks and concluding sentences. 

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A claim is the same as which of the following?

• 2. Multiple Choice Edit 20 seconds 1 pt What is the most important part of an essay? the topic sentence the main idea the claim/thesis the conclusion

What is NOT an example of an attention grabber?

A claim/thesis

An interesting fact

Is this an appropriate Claim/Thesis statement?

Have you ever wondered how people lived 30 years ago?

Each body paragraph needs a...

Topic Sentence

Claim/Thesis Statement

Which paragraph(s) should include the most information?

Introduction

Body Paragraphs

They should all be the same.

An attention grabber is a sentence that catches the reader's attention.

A typical introduction includes (in order)...

attention grabber, background on passage, claim/thesis statement

background on passage, attention grabber, claim/thesis statement

claim/thesis statement, attention grabber, background on passage

topic sentence, evidence & explanations, conclusion sentence

At least how many body paragraphs do you need in your essay?

A transition is a word or phrase that links ideas together. Which is an example of a transition?

In addition

The text states

According to the author

The article discusses

Where should the claim/thesis statement be restated?

The Introduction

The Conclusion

The Body Paragraphs

Choose the best claim/thesis statement for the topic... Successful business people

A successful business person is always busy.

Having your picture on the front page of the newspaper indicated success.

These days, to be successful in business, professionals must work hard, establish career goals, and have good timing.

Choose the best claim/thesis statement for the topic... Changes in weather pattern around the world

Sub-zero temperatures in tropical regions, fierce winters, and disastrous flooding are key examples of global warming.

This essay explains the reasons for an increase in the number of icebergs in the Arctic.

The weather in our region has changed a lot in the past years.

A claim/thesis statement is...

A sentence that states what will be explained in the essay.

A statement that catches the reader's attention.

A sentence that introduces the conclusion.

A sentence that concludes the essay.

Which word group contains words that are appropriate to start your first body paragraph?

Next, In addition, Second of all

Finally, Thirdly, Lastly

To begin with, First of all

Which word group contains words appropriate to start your last body paragraph?

Finally, Lastly, Last of all

Which word group contains words appropriate to start your second body paragraph?

Finally, Lastly

• 18. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What words should you use in your essay to link your ideas? Noun, verb, pronoun, adverb, adjective glue, clip, cut, paste For example, because, also, in addition, however

What is the last paragraph of an essay called?

• 20. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What are the middle paragraphs of an essay called? Body Paragraphs Conclusion Introduction Topic Sentence
• 21. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt How do you separate paragraphs? A space An indent You don't separate paragraphs. There is only supposed to be one paragraph.

The introductory paragraph has three parts. Which of the following is NOT part of the paragraph?

claim/thesis statement

directly quoted evidence

background on passage

attention grabber

At least how many pieces of evidence need to go in each body paragraph?

What is the main idea of an essay called?

introduction

topic sentence

What should come after your topic sentence in each body paragraph?

2 pieces of directly quoted evidence and 2 explanations

supporting details

What is evidence?

Directly quoted sentences from the passage that support the claim/thesis statement.

My opinions

My friend's opinions

What do you need to do after you provide text evidence?

Provide more information to link the evidence to your topic sentence and overall claim/thesis statement.

summarize the quote

paraphrase the quote

• 28. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What does all of the evidence need to refer back to? A claim/thesis the introduction the conclusion
• 29. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What is the first paragraph of an essay called? Conclusion Body Paragraphs Introduction Exposition
• 30. Multiple Choice Edit 20 seconds 1 pt What is the most important part of an essay? the topic sentence the main idea the claim/thesis the conclusion

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