We are sure you know what basic essay format means. Basic essay format refers to the structure of your papers, which usually include five paragraphs. It looks approximately like this:

Introduction

Point 1
3 supporting details
Point 2
3 supporting details
Point 3
3 supporting details

Conclusions

Some students find this basic essay format effective and easy to use. Others do not like it. Using this basic essay format in college papers is not recommended as well.

However, let us explain you the main advantages of using basic essay format. Particularly, we want to talk about students who fail to stick to it.

So, what does your inability to stick to such basic essay format means?

1. Say, you tend to write more paragraphs in your essays and, thus, break the rules of basic essay format.
2. This means that you, most probably, have too much information. Having too much info might mean that it is either irrelevant or not that important. It will only distract the reader.
3. There is one more reason why you cannot stick to basic essay format. Maybe, you do not understand an assignment or get it incorrectly. You try to convey some other ideas that have nothing to do with the main idea of your work.
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