1) Intro 2) Body 3) Conclusion 1) The introduction introduces the main topic or debates and summarizes them whilst also putting forward your point of view on these debates or the issue at hand. The point of the introduction is to write an outline or a map of what the rest of the essay will look like for the benefit of the reader. Remember to write a few sentences at the beginning explaining the main terms of the debate. And generallyspeaking, the introduction should be no longer than one paragraph. 2) The body (or meat as its sometimes referred to) is meant to illustrate the argument or approach that you have set out in the introduction. Each paragraph in the body of the essay should only introduce one idea at a time. This should normally be indicated in the first sentence of the paragraph. And each paragraph should conclude itself before moving onto to write the next paragraph. It is also very important that each sentence logically follows from the previous one and ties in with the forthcoming sentence. 3) The conclusion, on the other hand, summarizes your argument and reiterates what was said by you in the introduction. There MUST be circulatory between the intro and conclusion! In other words, what you outlined in the introduction needs to be demonstrated in the body and re-emphasized in the conclusion. Finally, the conclusion can also introduce a key point that wasnt raised in the intro but was mentioned in the body, but no new ideas or quotes should ever be introduced in the conclusion hence lending both to the circulatory and cohesiveness of your overall argument. Note: Remember, what we are looking for is a well-defined argument that summarizes the main debate/s in your own words, and puts forward your point of view or your assessment of the relative strengths and weaknesses of these debates. What is more, the reader should be able to follow the continuity of your argument from beginning to end.1 Hint: read articles by journalists who write for either newspapers or magazines and you will notice that they construct an argument that can be traced from the very beginning through to the end of the article. This is what you should be trying to emulate. 1