Name: __________________________________

Date:​ _____________________ ​Advisory: SRU TC PC

Multi-Paragraph Essay Organizer

Prompt

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Brainstorm & Break Down the Prompt

❏ Define challenging words

❏ Put the prompt in your words

❏ Organize the essay to best answer the

prompt
(How many paragraphs? What will
you discuss in each paragraph?)

Introduction

Context _________________________________________________
❏ Introduce and summarize texts
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Thesis
❏ RTQ from the prompt _________________________________________________
❏ State your claim
(what you want to prove) _________________________________________________
Preview _________________________________________________
❏ Explain what will be discussed
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Body Paragraph 1

Topic Sentence(s) _________________________________________________

❏ State the argument/purpose of the
paragraph _________________________________________________
❏ Clarify ideas the reader might not
understand in the evidence (who’s _________________________________________________
speaking, what’s happening)
Evidence _________________________________________________
❏ Introduce the quote(s)/detail(s)
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❏ Record the evidence (quotation
marks & page number if needed) _________________________________________________
Analysis
❏ Explain what the evidence means _________________________________________________
❏ Explain what the evidence proves or
shows _________________________________________________
❏ Explain how the evidence connects to
the thesis _________________________________________________
Concluding Sentence(s)
❏ Explain significance of the evidence
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❏ Transition to next paragraph
 Body Paragraph 2

Topic Sentence(s) _________________________________________________

❏ State the argument/purpose of the
paragraph _________________________________________________
❏ Clarify ideas the reader might not
understand in the evidence (who’s _________________________________________________
speaking, what’s happening)
Evidence _________________________________________________
❏ Introduce the quote(s)/detail(s)
_________________________________________________
❏ Record the evidence (quotation
marks & page number if needed) _________________________________________________
Analysis
❏ Explain what the evidence means _________________________________________________
❏ Explain what the evidence proves
or shows _________________________________________________
❏ Explain how the evidence
connects to the thesis _________________________________________________
Concluding Sentence(s)
❏ Explain significance of the
_________________________________________________
evidence _________________________________________________
❏ Transition to next paragraph

Body Paragraph 3 (if necessary)

Topic Sentence(s) _________________________________________________

❏ State the argument/purpose of the
paragraph _________________________________________________
❏ Clarify ideas the reader might not
understand in the evidence (who’s _________________________________________________
speaking, what’s happening)
Evidence _________________________________________________
❏ Introduce the quote(s)/detail(s)
_________________________________________________
❏ Record the evidence (quotation
marks & page number if needed) _________________________________________________
Analysis
❏ Explain what the evidence means _________________________________________________
❏ Explain what the evidence proves
or shows _________________________________________________
❏ Explain how the evidence
connects to the thesis _________________________________________________
Concluding Sentence(s)
❏ Explain significance of the
_________________________________________________
evidence _________________________________________________
❏ Transition to next paragraph

Conclusion

❏ Summarize the thesis and arguments _________________________________________________

from the body paragraphs
❏ Show the reader why the topics in
your essay are important for others
to understand
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