A piece of writing that is written to convince someone of something or to simply inform the reader about a particular topic/subject

Must contain an attention grabber for the reader

States the aim of the paper and may give insight into the author’s examples and evidence

Includes the evidence and support of the paper in addition to the auides the reader with a road map of the essay in a logical order

order of time, good for narratives

good for descriptions of location; top to bottom

least important to most important;most common for college students

Wrap all the arguments and points of the essay

simple clear central idea; Each paragraph should have a clear main point or topic sentence

support or expand the central idea of the paper.