How to write an essay?

 

How to write an essay?

What is it an essay?

An essay is an extended piece of writing whose purpose is to present a particular point of view. It could be defined as academic writing to validate, analyze, interpret, or set facts regarding a particular issue. Lozano, L. (2020).

Types of essays:

·         Literary essay.

·         Argumentative essay.

·         Scientific essay.

·         Expository essay.

·         Philosophical essay.

·         Critical essay.

·         Sociological essay.

·         Historical essay.

·         Descriptive essay

·         Synoptic essay

·         Analytical essay

·         Exploratory essay

·         Review essay

Steps to write an Essay

1. Decide the kind of essay you want to write:

·         Do you want to write an argumentative, descriptive, synoptic, analytical, exploratory, or a review essay? What is your purpose?

2. Brainstorm and Research your essay topic.

Be sure you have a clear vision of your topic. Then, write an introduction to begin your essay, at least two or three body paragraphs to develop the introduction, and a conclusion to end the essay. Use transitions to help the readers understand the organization of the ideas. Phillips, D. (2001).

3. Develop a thesis:

·         Do you want to present your point of view and persuade your readers?

4. Edit your essay:

·         Did you support your ideas, give examples, reasons, facts, and details?

·         Did you stick to vocabulary and sentence structures you know?

·         Are you sure about your spelling, and grammar?

 

5. Evaluate your essay:

5. Do you have very strong organizational, structural, and grammatical skills?

4. Do you have good organizational, structural, and grammatical skills?

3. Do you have adequate organizational, structural, and grammatical skills? Does your essay contain errors?

2. Do you show evidence of organizational, structural, and grammatical skills that still need to be improved?

1. Do you show a minimal ability to convey ideas in written English?

 

References:

 

Lozano, L. (2020). How to write an essay?

 

Phillips, D. (2001). Longman Introductory Course for the TOEFL Test. Second Edition. New York. Pearson Education Editorial.

 

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How to write an essay?