Format for "9" Essays
(Jane Shaffer, an advanced placement student, found that papers with the highest grades generally followed this format. You might wish to follow this suggested format until you are comfortable with your own style.)
Introduction
Includes thesis – usually the first or last sentence
Paragraph contains more than forty words
Has three or more sentences including the thesis
Body
Has two or more paragraphs
Each paragraph contains on the average of 11 sentences
Each paragraph contains 125 or more words
Concluding Paragraph
Has 40 or more words
Shows insight
Repeats the ideas of the thesis in a new way
Gives a finished feeling (draws a conclusion)
Each paragraph is generally structured in the following way