"A 5 paragraph essay is the simplest and most usual form of essay. The basic structure contains an introduction, three paragraphs forming the main body of the essay and a conclusion summarising the...
In a five paragraph essay, the first paragraph will be your introduction. The middle three paragraphs will each have a body of evidence to support the introduction. The final paragraph will be your...
Well, most of the time its in the first paragraph, but sometimes it goes through-out the essay. I'm not saying it is going to be in the first paragraph though. just think about what the passage is...
Here are two web sites with good BASIC examples....
http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/sample.html
http://vttlitblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/simple-example-of-expository-essay.html
And also,...