You'll need a thesis statement. That is one sentence that basically sums up what you will be arguing your paper on. An example if you want them to support Catholic schools: The (I assume) United States government should pass legistlatuer allowing them to support Catholic schools; (after the semi colon give 3 very good reasons why).
In your introductory you will want your first sentence to be something very catchy that will hold interest. Either a quote, question, statistic, etc. Then you'll give another few sentences. Lastly, your thesis. You don't have to make your thesis the last sentence but it makes it easier for the reader to pick it out.
You'll need to use transition words to go from paragraph to paragraph (therefore, however...)
The body paragraphs should have one topic each. Don't mix them all in together it will get confusing. If your paper was on the different factors influencing a persons style then paragraph one could be about the influences from celebritites, paragraph two could be how peers influence it and paragraph 3 could be about how family influences it. Then you would want a nice conclusion to wrap it all up. Once again, NEVER say "... in conclusion..." it's NOT a good way to end a paper. They should know it is coming to an end through a good transition word and through the content of your paper. What you want to do is, in one to two sentences, sum up what your paper was on. If there was an issue at hand then you want to (again, in 1-2 sentences) resolve that issue. You won't have to completely restate your thesis but you should somehow toss it back in the conclusion. Make sure your last sentence of the conclusion is just as good as the first of your introduction.
Here is a site that will probably make more sense that I did. I found the site not too long ago when I had to write a very important paper (one that determined whether or not I would graduate) and I made a perfect score, 100, on the paper. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) [ S_C's advice column | Ask S_C A Question ]
Marizzle answered Friday January 11 2008, 6:10 am: Uhm well,
You could start with,
In my opinion I think, .........
And you could end with
So in conclusion I have come to the decision that they should support legislation with catholic schools because........
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