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Doctorate Students Writing Class Steve Peterson stristi@ Week 4 “5-paragraph Essay” “Writing an Introduction” “Examples of Purpose Statements” Writing the 5-Paragraph Essay A Concise, Clear Presentation of Your Ideas When you present your ideas in an essay in English, you should use the style of writing that suits this language. The five-paragraph essay helps you to do that by stating your idea at the beginning, giving clear support, and then re-stating your idea at the end. Writing the 5-Paragraph Essay There is nothing special about the 5-paragraph essay except that it is a clear way of showing us how to write using the western structure of writing. The main goal of learning about the 5-paragraph essay is to teach us the western structure of writing. Most essays will not be exactly 5 paragraphs long, some will be shorter and others longer. The Format Introductory paragraph Supporting paragraph #1 Supporting paragraph #2 Supporting paragraph #3 Concluding paragraph The Format The Introductory Paragraph The introduction is always the first paragraph in an essay. It will always contain the purpose statement which is usually located at the end of the introduction. This is the most important sentence in the essay. The rest of the essay will be related to this sentence. The Format The Supporting Paragraphs This is called the Body of the essay. These paragraphs explain, define, clarify and illustrate the purpose statement. Each paragraph consists of a topic sentence, several supporting sentences and a concluding sentence. The number of paragraphs depends on the length of the assignment. We will learn more about these in another class. The Format Concluding Paragraph This paragraph completes the essay usually by summarizing what has been written. The Format Purpose Statement and Plan When beginning to write an essay the first thing you must do is write a purpose statement. You must also know the main supporting points for the purpose statement. This is