Every good story has a beginning, middle and end. Essays are just the same they have an introduction, body and a conclusion. The introduction catches the audiences attention and usually contains the thesis statement of the paper. Then you have the body which is in my opinion the most important part, this is where you tell the audience everything you know about the topic that you are writing about. Finally you have your conclusion which is where you sum up everything that you have talked about and tie it all together to make it make sense for your readers.
When writing an essay it is best to start in the middle by writing the body protion of the paper first, that way you get all the information out of your head and down on paper. You shouldn't worry about saying too much or really worry about any organization at all in your first draft, you are simply getting it all out there for your reader. Then once you have all the information on the page you can begin sorting it out, there are a few tools called rhetorical tools that help with this part, then you put your paper it in order and even remove some things from your paper altogether. The next focus point of your paper should be making sure that everything runs smoothly throught the entire paper, and that your transitions are clean. finally you add your attention getter (introduction) and you sum up your paper (conclusion). I also recommend sending it to another person to look over because they might catch somethings that you may have missed which helps you have a better paper all the way around. (:
I like the first paragraph how you introduced the initial organization for an essay. When you bring up the rhetorical tools maybe you could list some and give examples.
ReplyDeleteVery well done! You do a very good job explaining all the parts of an essay. I agree with you that when your writing/ brainstorming you shouldn't be afraid to write everything that you know about that subject out. This helps so much!
ReplyDeleteGreat job. I agree that some examples would be nice. I like how you say to make the paper flow smoothly the whole way through.
ReplyDeleteMy only issue really is that I think it is always good to have someone revise papers, not just recommending that someone does. But in all good job!