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OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY
1. Introduction: Tell them what you’re going to tell them.
2. Body: Tell them.
3. Conclusion: Tell them what you’ve told them.
I. INTRODUCTION: The First Paragraph of the Essay
- The first paragraph of the five – paragraph is called the introduction. In a non – persuasive
essay, it about three to five sentences long.
- These three to five sentences make up the three main parts of the introduction.
- The three main parts of the introductory paragraph are named as follows: the Lead-In, the
Transition, and the Thesis Statement/Essay Map.
They may be explained as follows:
1. The Lead-In: a very general sentence or sentences that simply introduce(s) the subject (topic) of
the essay.
* Example: I do not remember when and why my father disappeared from our life, but I do
remember that we have never felt his absence because my mother was always there for us
through good times and bad times.
2. Transition: A slightly more specific sentence or sentences that identify/ies the particular aspect of
the topic that will be discussed in the essay. In other words, the transition narrows the topic.
*Example: My mother Enriqueta F. Garcia has three children, all girls. Throughout the years of
raising us, she has been the source of love and strength for us girls.
The particular aspect identified is that her mother has been a source of love and strength for
her daughters.
3. Thesis Statement-Essay Map.
1. The Thesis Statement is the main idea of the entire essay. In this case, the Thesis Statement is
that the author’s mother is an amazing woman.
2. The Essay Map is the list of the three main ideas that will be developed in the Body Paragraphs:
in this essay, they are: performs the double role of a mother and a father, holds a full-time job,
and still manages to tend to all her daughters’ needs.
* Example: She is an amazing woman who performs the double role of a mother and a father,
holds a full-time job, and still manages to tend to all our needs.
II. THE BODY PARAGRAPH: Three Main Components