Essay writing
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What is essay writing?Purpose of an essaySimple steps when writing an
essayTypes of essays
What is an essay?
Essay can be defined as:
A short piece of writing on a particular subject. A way to get students to look deeper at their own
ideas to a particular idea whether the topic is given or created by oneself.
A short piece of writing that test students skills in reading,analysis,persuasion and exposition.
The purpose of an essay
Simply to develop new ideas and concepts through writing.
3 steps of essay writing
What did you eat for breakfast, lunch and supper yesterday?
You ate because you wanted energy right? It is the same with essay writing. There are
three crucial steps that need to be done in order for the essay to be effective.
Steps continued…
Three stages include introduction, body and conclusion. When you meet a friend for the first time what do you do? By telling them your name it means you are introducing yourself.
The 3 simple steps of an essay
An essay is divided into 3 sections
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Example:
Lets start with an introductionIn an introduction you set the issue up by giving a very brief outline of what you are going to discuss in your essay.
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BodyThe body is about pushing the issue alongInclude: 3 paragraphs in your body for the essay to be effective
Paragraph1: Describe the situation of your essay
Paragraph2: Describe the main idea
Paragraph3: Consider the effects
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ConclusionGive a summary of all the things that you have talked about in the whole essay. Do not introduce new ideas in this stage.
This means that altogether you have to write five paragraphs, so that we can have a full essay.
DID YOU SAY FIVE PARAGRAPHS?
Types of essays
DescriptiveNarrativeArgumentative(persuasive)Expository
Descriptive essay
This is an essay whereby a student must describe a person ,place,object,emotion etc.
These are helpful for telling stories about an event or experience using imagery
Narrative essay
These types of essays are anecdotal,experential and personal, they allow the writer to make the essay to express themselves.
They tell a story, usually in a first person point of view.
Argumentative (persuasive)essay
This type of an essay is meant to persuade the reader into the writers standpoint on an issue.
They inform about an idea but they are for one side over another.they state and defend a claim
Expository essay
This is an essay whereby a student must research an idea, evaluate what they learned and make an argument of that idea.
References
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