INTRODUCTION
1. State what the process is and why it is important.
The digestive process is important in maintaining the lives of living organisms and in providing them with needed energy.
2. Give background information, and define the process.
Groups of organs, such as the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines, work together to perform this complex task. Digestion is the process of breaking down food from large molecules into small ones to make it easier for absorption.
3. State the thesis sentence to include the purpose and the main idea of the essay.
The three major steps involved in the digestive process are ingestion, digestion, and absorption.