because it allows students to incorporate “compare/contrast, cause/effect, definition, or analysis paragraphs as appropriate,” as opposed to the five-paragraph essay that mostly forces them to ...

Surprisingly, not much research on writing instruction compares the five-paragraph essay with other tools for teaching writing, said Steve Graham, a professor of educational leadership and ...

Here is an example of an opening paragraph for an essay question. A play in which a central character experiences both inner conflict and conflict with other characters is Macbeth by William ...