English LiteratureYears 12–13Essay Craft

Essay structure and argumentation

Construct coherent, thesis-driven literary essays with integrated evidence and critical vocabulary

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Think of your essay like a burger 🍔 — the bun is your intro and conclusion, and the patty is your argument!

  2. 2

    What part of the burger is your main argument?

  3. 3

    Let's build an argument about Romeo and Juliet: 'Is love or fate to blame for their deaths?'

  4. 4

    Drag these sentences into the right order for an essay paragraph:

  5. 5

    What should your first sentence in a paragraph do?

  6. 6

    Here's a simple essay structure map:

  7. 7

    Why do we include a counter-argument in an essay?

Practise Essay structure and argumentation with Whizlo

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