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Writing Developing the First Draft
Your persuasive essay may be a few paragraphs or many, but that will depend upon how much support you have to offer. Write your essay following your outline and the guidelines below.
Beginning 🟪 The first paragraph should introduce your topic and clearly state your opinion about it.
Middle 🟪 In the middle paragraphs, you need to support your opinion. Each main supporting idea and its supporting details go into a separate paragraph. So if you have two main ideas, the middle of your essay will most likely have two paragraphs.
Ending 🟪 The last paragraph should restate your opinion and tell your readers what action they might take or how they should feel.
Revising Improving Your Writing
Review your first draft using the following questions as a guide. Then ask someone else to review your essay.