Hey guys.
It’s Vlad from EssayPro here, and welcome to the first of our many upcoming tutorials
in our ‘How to Write an Essay’ series.
First off, I thought we would start off with something practical and original.
Today, I’m going to guide you through the steps you need to take in order to write an
effective 5 paragraph essay.
First of all, what is the 5 paragraph essay?
You know, what is its purpose?
Well, the 5 paragraph essay is the universal standard format for most high school and college
essays.
So, you know, whenever you are assigned an essay for high school, or even college, and
you’re not sure where to start, the 5 paragraph format is basically (the) ‘yellow brick
road’ that you should take — for success.
So, the format of the essay get’s us 5 parts — 5.
We have our Introduction, our 3 Body Paragraphs (you know our first, our second, and our third
body), and our Conclusion.
It’s a simple format.
Now, just like the entire essay has a specific structure, so does every single paragraph.
Let us begin with the Intro.
So, the introductory paragraph consists of 3 parts — 3: the Hook, the Trailer (as I
like to call it), and the Thesis.
So first off let’s talk about the Hook.
The ‘hook’ is incredibly important because it is the sentence that, you know, grabs the
reader’s attention.
If you start off your essay with something, you know, boring and unoriginal, the reader
is already given a disappointing first impression — which affects his/(her) point of view
for the rest of your essay.
And you just, **you just** do not want that.
However, if the reader’s caught off guard with something spontaneous and they feel they
just got, you know like, sucker punched via words, then you have (them) running for that
bag of popcorn all the way back to the couch — which is definitely what you want.
Next, we have our ‘trailer’ section.
Now think of this as 3 different trailers for your 3 different body paragraphs.
Since the purpose of your body paragraphs is to present an argument and support it,
the purpose of the trailer’s is to give the reader a slight taste of what’s to come
without giving too much away.
If this is done properly, the reader will already be hooked onto your essay — and
that’s exactly what you want.
Last, but not least, we have our ‘golden line’ a.k.a. the ‘thesis statement’.
So this is the heart of your essay, in the sense that everything you say past this point
has to defend your thesis — you know, like, down to the core.
If you imagine that your essay is a chess board, and that your thesis statement is your
king-piece, think about the face that your king-piece is, you know, vulnerable, then
that threatens the quality of your entire essay — so it’s very important to concentrate
on your thesis statement.
So now, let’s talk about the structure of the ‘Main Body Paragraphs’.
So, I do have good news for you guys; all 3 body paragraphs have the same exact structure.
The only difference is that they must argue different points, which I will go into now.
The structure of the body paragraphs goes like this; we have our Topic Sentence, our
Argument, our Explanation, and then our Concluding Sentence — simple enough, right?
So let’s break it down more **a** specifically.
First, we have the ‘Topic Sentence’.
The main purpose of the topic sentence is to present your argument in an assertive and
(informative) way.
Not only is this to bring about initial space, but it also provides a really good transition
in between paragraphs, which is super important for keeping your piece sounding smooth.
So using words like firstly, secondly, thirdly are standard and are used as transition words,
and although they’re not super spicy or anything, they’re very good for filling
in, you know, those gaps you might need in between those paragraphs.
Now we have the ‘Argument’.
So these are basically, you know, your pillars — your 1, 2, **your** 3 pillars for success.
This is your piece defending your precious king.
So your ‘argument’s’ main goal is to defend your thesis, a.k.a. your ‘king’,
and to show that your thesis is correct and true and strong.
Your argument should be some kind of a fact, or, you know, a fair assumption you made from
some data analysis.
Now, next, you must offer an example.
So just like the argument defends the thesis, the example must defend the argument.
In this way, you’re creating a thick-ass barrier guard for your king (a.k.a. your thesis
statement).
Lastly, to wrap it up in a nice shell, you must have a concluding sentence that is, kind
of, the ‘alter ego’ of the intro sentence.
So just like what the intro sentence — you firmly transitioned and introduced your bod—
you are doing the same thing, but concluding your argument with the ‘I Just Proved It’
attitude — which is definitely what you want.
So basically, you use this format for all 3 body paragraphs, using your arguments and
examples respectively.
So now, super-pro tip from EssayPro here — the order of strength of your arguments should
go in: 2, 3, and then 1.
So what does this mean?
I’ll explain it.
Basically, imagine each of your arguments as a piece on a chessboard, right **?**. We
have our pawns, our knights, our bishops, our rooks, and our queen.
Your first body paragraph should use, you know, ‘the rook’ argument.
So it’s not ‘the queen’, but the argument is strong and has a lot of maneuverability.
You know, it’s like the second strongest piece you can use to defend your ‘king’.
And the second body should be defended by something like ‘a rook’ or ‘a bishop’.
So, you know, a strong piece, but still leaving room for more.
Now your last body paragraph should be your strongest, and therefore defended by the ‘queen’
argument.
You know the queen is the strongest piece on the board, so it has the most maneuverability.
And that’s important when you’re writing about your third body paragraph.
And this is a secret little tip from us here at EssayPro, and through **actually** our
customer’s statistics, we have seen that this style is (effective) toward getting stellar
grades.
So, you’re welcome for this tip guys.
Lastly, let’s talk about ‘the Conclusion’.
The first sentence of the conclusion should be the re-statement of the thesis.
You know, it is self-explanatory, but basically, you rephrase your thesis and state it in a
conclusive and assertive manner — giving off the vibe that you know, **you like** defended
‘your king’ through ‘the war’; you defended your thesis statement through the
entire essay.
At this point, all that is left is to restate the main points of your argument.
So this is showing how you used each ‘piece’ to successfully, you know, defend your ‘king’.
Last, but not least, it’s important to make and overall concluding statement.
So, this statement sums up your entire argument and explains the importance of it in terms
of the topic.
This shows the reader that your are confident in what you wrote, and that you see it as
a valuable piece of information.
So that’s the general break down of the 5 — 5 Paragraph Essay.
So, if you guys are looking for more information, or specific examples of a 5 paragraph essay,
you should check out our blog at essaypro.com/blog — I’ll put a link right about ‘there’.
However, if you don’t have time for this, and it’s about 1 a.m., and you just want
to go to sleep, and you need an essay done fast and professionally, you should check
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