Essay

Essay

1. Think abour topic

   • It is essential that you interpret the topic correctly.
   • then formulating a point of view
   • This can be achieved by brainstorming to generate ideas

2. Writing Process

   • These steps will help to maximise your efforts and make meaning out of the chaos and disorder that often appears when fi rst embarking on any assignment.

3. Research topic

   • However, to do well in an assignment, it is not always necessary to have references outside your course materials.
   • by reading your study guide, text book, and lecture notes

4. Plan your essay

   • Make sure they are in complete sentences can function as an essay plan.

5. Write yur essaoy

   • Writing often does not come easily. Be patient and start with getting your ideas down on paper
     • If you have already made summaries and notes, the process of writing your essay may be easier.
   • Suspend the need to connect your writing to other readings or parts of the essay

6. Revise your essay

   • Have you stuck to the topic? Have you left out anything vital? You may have to revise your essay several times before it effectively addresses the topic and question.
     • Try to leave yourself at least 24 hours between finishing your first draft and revisions.

7. Edit your essay

   • You should check for errors (punctuation, spelling, grammar), bad sentence structure, jargon, slang

8. Planning an Assignment

   • Ideally, four weeks is a good amount of time to allocate for the preparation, planning, writing, and revising of an assignment
   • if you are an extramural, you have to factor in extra time for the delivery of library books

9. Interpreting the Topic

   • There are 3 things you need to look for when interpreting an essay topic
     • In order to get good grades, you must be able to interpret an essay topic accurately
     • You also need to stay on track – essay writers often waste words on background or side issues instead of directing their entire essay to answering the question.
   • Focus
   • Command
   • Topic

10. Essay Structure

    • The essence of an essay is an opinion, expressed as a thesis statement or proposition, and a logical sequence of arguments and information organised in support of the proposition.
      • Introduction
        • Opening sentences are broad and Introduction = general
        • Thesis Statements
      • Argument Paragraphs
        • First Supporting Statement Sentences developing upporting Statement
      • Conclusion
        • Narrow statement relating to the conclusion from the previous paragraph.

11. Conclusion

    • Conclusions round off your essay. They remind the reader of all your main points and explain the signifi cance of your argument.
      • - A narrow statement relating the conclusion to the preceding paragraph. - A restatement of the proposition or thesis statement. - A brief summary of the main points made in the essay. - A fi nal, broad statement on the signifi cance of the argument
        • Link to precios paragrapah
        • Restatement of thesis
        • Summary of argument
        • Broas closing statement

12. Paragraphs

    • In order for your argument to come across clearly it is essential that your paragraphs are well structured

13. Plans, introductions and thesis statement

    • It is realy important to plan your essay before you begin writing planning will save you time later