"When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into writing. "

Enrique Jardiel Poncela

A well organized essay consists of the following components:

The Introduction: A good opening paragraph captures the interest of your reader and tells why your topic is important. It provides some background information about the topic. These few sentences can lead the reader to the thesis. The thesis statement is the main idea of the essay. A good thesis statement will help your essay and give it direction.

The Body: The writer develops ideas that were presented in the introduction. Each body paragraph has a main idea, which leads the reader to the final stage of the essay.

The Conclusion: This section brings closure to the reader and sums up the ideas presented in the body paragraphs. It restates what is said in the introduction. The conclusion needs 3 or 4 sentences.

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