What is the best way to structure an essay?

Every essay presents an idea or a set of ideas on the same topic. And the most challenging task in essay writing is structuring those ideas in the most logical and beneficial way. To ensure your paper is both informative and easy to understand, answer these three questions:

What?

What evidence suggests that your thesis is true or, in some cases, false? The “what” elements come in pretty early in the paper and focus on specific facts and research data.

How?

How does the evidence you provided interact with the thesis? Essentially it’s a form of “this is true/false, because of A, B, C”.

Why?

Why does the correlation between “what” and “how” matter? This is where your reader gets a more complete idea of the paper’s purpose and angle. Don’t give your “why” away too soon, and save it for the final sections of the essay.

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