I. INTRODUCTION
Thesis statement: present the topic of your writing by giving a brief explanation of what you are going to talk later.
II. DEVELOPMENT
Topic statements: decide how many topics you want to develop and make a sentence for each. You need to support each topic with details or examples.
> Sentence 1: details/examples
> Sentence 2: details/examples
> Sentence 3: details/examples
> Sentence 4: details/examples
...
Logical Order
>Firstly/Secondly/Thirdly ...
>Next/Last/Finally ...
In this section, use as many of the sentence connectors below as you need. These are words that help you link your ideas to write a cohesive, coherent paragraph.
Logical Order
>Firstly/Secondly/Thirdly ...
>Next/Last/Finally ...>In addition/Furthermore/Also ...
Contrast
>However
>On the other hand
>On the contrary
>In comparison
>In contrast
Result
>As a result
>As a consequence
>Therefore
Comparison
>Similarly
>Likewise
>Also
III. CONCLUSION
Concluding statement: recap all the topics/ideas you have dealt with above and add up a closing statement that gives the reader an idea of successful completion (as if you left nothing to say).
