Arrangement

1. Arrangement
The art of organizing your discourse

2. FOUR FEATURES OF A STRONG ARRANGEMENT
1. It DEVELOPS the thesis statement by fleshing out its key
ideas.
1. It organizes those ideas in a LOGICALLY PROGRESSIVE
SEQUENCE THAT BUILDS TO A CLIMAX.
1. It devotes the MOST SPACE to the most original,
interesting, and/or controversial aspects of the thesis, and
LESS SPACE to the less original, interesting, and/or
controversial aspects of the thesis.
2. It DOESN’T STRAY from the thesis.

3. FOUR FEATURES OF A STRONG ARRANGEMENT
A “climactic” sequence has an underlying organizing
principle. For example:
Simple to complex
Cause to effect
Problem to solution
Least controversial to most controversial
Their isn’t a “right” organizing principle. The most important
thing is that you choose one and that you can put a name to
it.