Thesis template
Although [common view], remote work and productivity should [claim], because [reason one] and [reason two].
Replace every bracket with something specific. If a bracket can stay vague, the essay has no argument yet.
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Introduction
~144 words- • Open with a concrete fact or scene about remote work and productivity — never a dictionary definition.
- • Give the reader the minimum context they need to follow the argument.
- • End the paragraph with the thesis sentence, stated in one line.
Body 1 — Strongest reason your position holds
~308 words- • Topic sentence: state this paragraph's single claim about remote work and productivity.
- • Evidence: one quotation, statistic or example, cited.
- • Analysis: two or three sentences explaining why that evidence proves the claim.
- • Link: one sentence pointing forward to the next paragraph.
Body 2 — Second reason, with the evidence that supports it
~308 words- • Topic sentence: state this paragraph's single claim about remote work and productivity.
- • Evidence: one quotation, statistic or example, cited.
- • Analysis: two or three sentences explaining why that evidence proves the claim.
- • Link: one sentence pointing forward to the next paragraph.
Body 3 — The best counter-argument, answered honestly
~308 words- • Topic sentence: state this paragraph's single claim about remote work and productivity.
- • Evidence: one quotation, statistic or example, cited.
- • Analysis: two or three sentences explaining why that evidence proves the claim.
- • Link: one sentence pointing forward to the next paragraph.
Conclusion
~132 words- • Restate the thesis in different words — do not copy the introduction.
- • Name the strongest single piece of evidence again, briefly.
- • Close on the stakes: what changes for the reader if you are right about remote work and productivity.
Budgeted total: 1,200 words across 5 sections.
Why the word budget matters
Introductions swell and conclusions get rushed because nobody assigns them a length in advance. Twelve percent for the opening and about eleven for the close keeps the argument where it belongs — in the body paragraphs.
Each body paragraph here follows claim, evidence, analysis, link. Markers reward the analysis sentences most and students write them least; if a paragraph is mostly quotation, it is under-argued no matter how good the source is.
Write the thesis before anything else and keep it visible while drafting. Every paragraph that cannot be traced back to it is either a new thesis or padding, and both cost marks.