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Essay Writing Lessons
ENG 4U
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Essay Writing Lessons
Essay Structure Essay Outline Moving from Topic to Essay Organizing the Essay Body Essay Format Hints & Tips
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Essay Structure
The framework of your writing
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EssayStructure
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Structure
Introductory Paragraph
- introduce & ease reader into topic
- move from general sentences to specific ones
- end with your thesis statement
Eg: life – literature – book – topic – thesis
life – history – people – topic – book - thesis
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Structure
Thesis
- An arguable statement, making clear the position the author takes on a topic
- Depends upon your purpose & audience
(Topic = what the text is “about;” the subject addressed by a text
Eg: greed, love, hope, jealousy, etc.)
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Structure
Body Paragraphs
- where you prove your thesis
Body Paragraph Structure:
1. Point (topic sentence: proves thesis)
2. Proofs (as many as are practical)
3. Comment (relates proofs to thesis)
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Structure
Concluding Paragraph
- re-state your thesis
- move from specific sentences to general ones
- ease reader away from essay, and back to real life again
(theme statement)
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Structure
The Rebuttal Paragraph
- Acknowledge points of opposing argument
- Minimize the validity of these points
* Insert after your introductory paragraph!
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Essay Outline
-What’s required -Marks for summative
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Essay Outline Thesis (2) List of rebuttal points (3) For each body paragraph: (3X4)
- Full topic sentence
- Proofs in point form
- Full comment sentence Thesis restatement in different words (1) Theme statement (2)
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Moving from Topic to Essay
…in 8 easy steps!
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Moving from Topic to Essay
1. Read & understand topic
2. Dissect & brainstorm topic
3. Pick argument & brainstorm thesis
4. Form & test thesis
5. Brainstorm & organize support
6. List rebuttals
7. Write, Revise, Edit
8. Proofread & print good copy
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Organizing the Essay Body
Principles & Development Methods
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Organizing the Essay Body
Organizing principle?
- chronology - cause & effect
- process - logic
Development method?
- define - classify
- analyze - describe
- compare - exemplify
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Essay Format
MLA Style Presentation
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Hints & Tips
Advice for top marks
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Hints & Tips
Do not write in 1st person (avoid “I”) Do not start a body / concluding paragraph
with a quotation Move from your weakest point to your
strongest Do not use contractions Do not use colloquial language Use the present tense Refer to author by last name Develop a creative title that relates to thesis
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EssayWriting
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