Background Sentence General Statement (1 sentence) Fact Introduction Paraphrase Opinion Thesis Statement (1) Topic Sentence S Body (1 Main Idea) Ex R Paragraph & Essay Support/Explain­S A/Sol Topic Sentence (A&B) Supporting Sentences S1 Introduction Example­Ex Result­R SS Body 1 (5­6) ­­Agree 1/Positive 1 SS1 Alternative­A S2 Solution­Sol Body (2 Related Ideas : A & B) Strong Argument Body 2 (5­6) ­­ Agree 2/Positive 2 SS2 Conclusion SS2 Introduction Ending Signal Conclusion (1) TS Rephrase + Summary S­Agree/Positive SS Body 1 Introduction SS TS SS S­reason 1/problem1 Counter­argument 1 TS SS Body 1­Reasons/Problems S­reason 2/problem2 S­Negative SS SS­Negative Body 2 SS CA: this problem could be tackled by... Reason/Problem­Solution SS­CA TS Opinion SS­CA S­solution 1 Conclusion SS Body 2­Solutions Counter­argument S­Solution 2 Introduction SS TS SS S­Disagree/Negative SS Conclusion Body 1 SS SS Counter­argument 2 TS Introduction S­Positive TS SS­Positive Body 2 S­reason 1 CA: this merit is outweighed by... SS SS­CA Body 1­Reasons S­reason 2 SS­CA SS Conclusion SS Reasons+Positive/negative? TS (overall it is a positive/negative development) S­Positive 1/Negative 1 SS Body 2­Posive/Negative (Strong argument) S­Positive 2/Negative 2 Introduction SS Body 1 ­Advantage Advantages outweigh disadvantages? SS Body 2­Disadvantage Concluision Conclusion Discussion Two­parts Introduction Introduction Body 1 (A) TS Discuss both views (A & B) Body 2 (B) S­reason 1 Conclusion SS Body 1­Reasons S­reason 2 SS Essay Maps SS Reasons+Advantages outweigh disadvantages? TS S­Advantage/Disadvantage SS Body 2­ outweigh (Counter­argument) S: the merit/detriment is outweighed by A & B SS1­Disadvantage 1/Advantage 1 SS1­Disadvantage 2/Advantage 2 Conclusion