• CONCRETE SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT
o Specific statements of fact
o Detailed reasons
o Concrete examples
o Quotations from authorities (with citations)
• SUFFICIENT SUPPORT T0 PROVE THE TOPIC SENTENCE
o Several facts, details, or examples per paragraph
• UNITY
o Every sentence directly or indirectly supporting the topic sentence
• COHERENCE (MAKING SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS STICK
TOGETHER)
o Clue words (or glue words)-"however," "in addition"
o Parallel sentence structure for coordinate ideas
o Clear use of pronouns
o Topic sentence a part of thesis statement
o Transition devices at beginning of paragraph
• ORDER
o Statement in some logical order
o Body paragraphs in some logical order
CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH
o Brief statement of summary
o Reference to statements) in introduction
o Application of thesis to the future, to other people to something broader than the
o examples in the essay
Title
o Attention-getter
o Concise
o Related to subjects