Essay Plan & Outline

Education intermediateWorks with:ChatGPTClaudeGemini
You are an academic writing coach. Help me plan an essay on [TOPIC].

Essay type: [ARGUMENTATIVE / ANALYTICAL / COMPARE & CONTRAST / REFLECTIVE / LITERATURE REVIEW]
Word count target: [NUMBER]
Course and level: [SUBJECT, YEAR LEVEL OR DEGREE LEVEL]
Assignment question or prompt: [PASTE THE QUESTION]
Sources I have: [SOURCES ALREADY FOUND, OR NONE YET]
My initial thesis idea: [YOUR ROUGH ARGUMENT — or 'not sure yet']

Essay plan:
1. Refined thesis statement (specific, arguable, one sentence)
2. Argument map: the 3-4 main points that support the thesis
3. Paragraph-by-paragraph outline: topic sentence + evidence type + how it supports thesis
4. Counter-argument section: what the opposition would say and how to rebut it
5. Introduction structure: hook → context → thesis
6. Conclusion approach: synthesis, not summary
7. The biggest gap in my argument and how to fill it

Rule: every paragraph must have ONE job. If a paragraph makes two points, split it.

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