Essay 101

Now as you begin to explore the mysterious and (let’s admit), confusing world of the English language, you might be asked to write an essay.

An essay is a short piece of writing usually relating an experience or a point of view to the reader. The nature of the essay might change, for instance, you could be arguing a point or you could be describing an event, place or incident or you could be narrating an experience.

The point is that no matter what the nature of the essay might be, what is important to remember is that there are a few standard rules you must keep in mind while writing them.

Today we’re going to discuss the guidelines you should follow to write an interesting, easy to understand essay.

Right after you decide what the topic of your essay is going to be, you should create an outline of ideas that you want to put into the essay. Meaning, create a rough sheet of ideas that you will be putting into your essay.

Once you have that in order, you must follow the typical structure of essays. That is:

• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

Your introduction should be gripping. You should be able to hold the attention of the reader from the very first sentence. The introduction itself should be directly connected to the topic so that the reader isn’t confused about what he’s reading.

In the paragraphs that follow, refer to the rough notes you’d made earlier. Keep each paragraph precise and interesting. Don’t make them long and boring. No one wants to read long and boring essays! ;)

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