- topic sentence needs to be clear concise and compelling
- 3rd person
- use vocab
- answer why
- no dancing around ur point
- no stuff or things
- concrete detail
- intro and show cred
- mla intext
- can be paraphrased summarized or chat/img
- commentary
- 2-3 sentences explanation
- not restating analyzing/explaining
- 2 cd
- 2 cm
- conclusion wrap up by restaing points transition to next paragraphs.