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Essay Structure Walkthrough

Six steps from hook to conclusion, with weak and strong examples.

1. Hook

Earn the next thirty seconds of the reader’s attention.

How to do it

Open with a concrete fact, a tension, or a scene. Avoid dictionary definitions and broad statements about "since the dawn of time".

Weak

Technology has always played an important role in society.

Strong

In 2023, a single misconfigured server took down 8,500 flights in four hours.

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