Essay Structure Planner
By l i n h · Published · Updated
A plan where the paragraphs build an argument instead of sitting in a row.
Tags: Learning, Writing, Planning
Prompt template
## Essay plan - The exact question: [textarea: Word for word, including any subtitle] - Word count and level: [text: e.g. 2500 words, second year undergraduate] - What I've read: [textarea: Key texts and the main argument in each] - What I currently think the answer is: [textarea: However rough] - Marking criteria: [textarea: If you have the rubric, paste it] Start with a thesis that answers the question rather than restating the topic. Then a paragraph-by-paragraph plan: what each one argues and what evidence carries it. Show me how they build, so paragraph four depends on paragraph three rather than being another example. Tell me where my reading is thin and what kind of source would fix it. Include the counterargument worth taking seriously, since that is usually where the marks are.