Write An Essay
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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WRITING AN ESSAY
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Research:
Begin the essay writing process by researching your topic. Utilize the internet, the academic databases, and the library. Take notes and immerse yourself in the words of great thinkers.
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Analysis:
Once you know what you researched start analyzing the arguments of the essays you're reading. Clearly define the claims, write out the reasons, the evidence. Look for weaknesses of logic, and also strengths. Learning how to write an essay begins by learning how to analyze essays written by others.
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Brainstorming:
Your essay will require insight of your own, genuine essay-writing brilliance. Ask yourself questions and answer them.
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Thesis:
Pick your best idea and put it down in a clear assertion that you can write your entire essay around. Your thesis is your main point, summed up in a concise sentence that lets the reader know where you're going, and why. To write a good paper you need a clear essay.
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Outline:
Use one-line sentences to describe paragraphs, and bullet points to describe what each paragraph will contain. Play around with the essay's order. Map out the structure of your argument, and make sure each paragraph is unified.
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Introduction:
The introduction should grab the reader's attention, set up the issue, and lead in to your thesis. Your intro is merely a buildup of the issue, a stage of bringing your reader into the essay's argument.
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Paragraphs:
Each paragraph should be focused on a single idea that supports your thesis. Begin paragraphs with topic sentences, support assertions with evidence, and expound your ideas in the clearest, most sensible way you can.
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Conclusion:
End your essay with a quick wrap-up sentence, and then end on some memorable thought, perhaps a quotation, or an interesting twist of logic, or some call to action
MLA Style:
Format your essay according to the correct guidelines for citation. All borrowed ideas and quotations should be correctly cited in the body of your text, followed up with a Works Cited (references) page listing the details of your sources.
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