Comment by ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7

> what I was taught, in high school ~30 years ago

They should still be teaching it? I don't think much has changed? I went to school a decade ago, and during that time we still wrote essays following these guidelines.

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_...

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/...

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_proce...

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Also, there are many different forms of writing. People write in forms other than argumentative essays, etc.