Essay Organization

Essay Organization
English
Mr. Beh

When writing an essay, it is important to keep your information well organized. Think about reading a repair manual for a car or an instruction booklet for a video game. What do you want to be able to do? Usually, we want to be able to find the information that we want quickly and easily. You don’t want to have to read the entire manual or booklet three times over, just to be able to figure out what you want to know.
The same principal applies when writing and reading essays. A writer must organize her thoughts in a way that makes accessing and understanding it simple and easy. Readers want the information without having to do too much rereading and decoding. The best way to create an essay that is simple and easy to read and understand is to follow a few simple guidelines.

Write using a simple essay format.
Introduction, Body, and Conclusion
Keep every point in the essay in a consistent order.
Point #1 should always be discussed first, Point # 2 second, and so on.
Order your points from the least to the most important.
Finish your essay with a flourish.

Example
Intro Paragraph
Points Previewed
#1 Least important
#2 More important
#3 Most important
Body Paragraph #1
Discuss Point #1
Body Paragraph #2
Discuss Point #2
Body Paragraph #3
Discuss Point #3
Conclusion Paragraph
Review Point #1
Review Point #2
Review Point #3