How do you know when to indent in an essay and when you shouldn't?

Question

i have seen many essay where paragraphs are not indented and most where it is. I know it has something to do with block style, but when do I know when to indent?
By the way, I'm doing a persuasive essay.

Answer 1

When you write an essay there's a certain way that you're supposed to organize your ideas.



Essays typically consists of five paragraphs.



-The first paragraph is your introductory paragraph (you always indent the first paragraph). You just open up the essay with this paragraph, introduce your topic.

-When you're ready to build on an idea introduced in the introductory paragraph you indent. This becomes your second paragraph.

-When you touch on another idea you indent again, and this is your third paragraph.

-You do this again for your third paragraph; this is the last paragraph you use to get your final points of the persuasive essay across.

-The last, fifth paragraph is your closing. You indent when you begin wrapping up your ideas so that they connect with the overall theme of the essay.



An essay doesn't necessarily have to be five paragraphs, but you get the idea? As long as you have some organization. Every essay needs the following:

An introduction

A body

A conclusion paragraph



Indenting just helps organize these better.

Answer 2

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Indents are part of the style of writing. Either you indent all of your paragraphs--(And you always do if you are single spacing all of your essay, including the space between paragraphs, to indicate the new paragraph) or you create a block style essay and don't indent even the first paragraph as demonstrated by your question, above. Paragraphs must be set off every time or they do not appear as paragraphs and the reader is not prepared for the new thoughts that will be included in the new paragraphs. They should also be consistent in their style. Consistency prevents distraction which leaves the reader wondering if they missed something somewhere. Most 30-page papers are not considered essays and are required to follow a certain style which dictates how the paragraphs will be indicated and whether they are single-spaced or double-spaced. By the way, with computer word processing programs you can set the style so that every time you hit the return key, which you would only do at paragraphs, it automatically indents the required number of spaces and you don't have to press the tab key every time you start a new paragraph. :-)

Answer 3

Indent Essay

Answer 4

you intent at the beginning of every paragraph. If you're not going to indent, you need to make a double space (an extra line) between blocks for readability.

Answer 5

Hope this helps!