Thread: The five paragraph essay
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Unread 01-12-2006, 17:27
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The five paragraph essay
Were you taught to write classic "five paragraph essay" or were you taught to write your essays in some other fashion. Which do you prefer? Which is better?

Personally, in high school (10th grade mostly), they pounded the "five paragraph essay" into us and made us learn how to construct an excellent one. Then when I went to college, it was probably not even the second week, my english teacher says "you will not write a five paragraph essay in this class. That is garbage. I don't know why they teach that in high school. That isn't how real writers write."

So, what has your experience been?
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