Essay Writing
 An Essay is a combination of a few meaningful paragraphs around a
particular topic or theme.
Structure of an essay:
 An essay should have a minimum of four to five paragraphs and a maximum
10-15 paragraphs (No upper limit for maximum)

Introduction
 Introductory paragraphs present the main or central
idea/concept/theme of the topic.
 It conveys the main idea in the form of a thesis statement.
 What is thesis statement:
 A thesis statement is the gist/summary of the entire essay.
 Thesis statement can appear either in the first, second, or third
sentence of an introducing paragraph.
 Only one sentence is a thesis statement out of 5-7 sentences of an
introductory paragraphs.
 Thesis statement contains key words/key terms which will be further
explained in the subsequent paragraphs.

Main Body
The introductory paragraph gives on a linking thread.
IP: Introductory paragraph
BP: Body Paragraph-1,2,3
CP: Concluding Paragraph
IP BP-1 BP-2 BP-3 CP

Concluding Paragraph
 It is the third part of an essay.
 It restates the thesis statement in different words. May not be in same words.
 It presents the gist or summary of the entire essay.
 It also include concluding remarks.
 It has personal voice of the writer.
 It can have 3-5 sentences.

Sample example for and against essay.

Write an opinion essay on the question
below.
 In some countries an increasing number of people are suffering from health
problems as a result of eating too much fast food. It is therefore necessary for
governments to impose a higher tax on this kind of food. To what extent do
you agree or disagree with this opinion?