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I’ve spent the better part of a decade reading student essays, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that the opening sentence of a body paragraph determines whether I’ll actually engage with what comes next. It’s that simple. A weak start sends me into autopilot. A strong one makes me sit forward in my […]
I’ve been staring at blank pages for years now, and I’ve learned something that most writing guides won’t tell you straight: argumentative essays aren’t about winning. They’re about thinking clearly enough to make someone else think clearly too. That distinction matters more than you’d expect. When I started teaching, I thought argumentative essays were just […]