TEXAS Paragraph 

• Helps organise ideas 

• Makes your writing powerful and persuasive 

• Texas stands for 

• Clear writing

Topic sentence

Explanation 

eXample 

Analysis

Summary 

• The Topic sentence introduces the main idea of the paragraph 

• And answers the essay question

• The Explanation is to explain your point clearly 

• The eXample is a quote to show evidence of your point 

• The Analysis is when you unpack the example 

• The Summary is a wrap up of the Paragraph