Writer's Guidelines: Wirting the Essay

1. The essay is a group of paragraphs, each with the function of stating or supporting a controlling idea called the thesis.

•The main parts of an essay are the introducation, developmental, and conclusion.
•The essay can ne considered an amplification of a developmental paragraph.
Paragraph....................Outline.............................Essay

Topic sentence.........Controlling Idea.........Introduction of thesis

Development.............I. Support.............Developmental paragraph

.........................A. Explantion, detail, example

..........................B. Explantion, detail, exmple

Development............II. Support.............Developmental paragraph

.........................A. Explantion, detail, example

.........................B. Explantion, detail, exmple

Development...........III. Support............Developmental paragraph

........................A. Explantion, detail, example

..........................B. Explantion, detail, exmple

Concluding..................Final View........................Conclusion

2. The introducation contains the thesis within a context of comments that give an adequate perspective on the topic. There are many good introductory methods, which include presenting a direct statement of the thesis, background, definition of term9s), quotation(s), a shocking statement, question(s), and a combination of two or more of these methods.

3. The conclusion makes a final comment on the development of your thesis, If you do not know how to conclude, reread your introduction for ideas.

4. You can depend on the three stages of the writing process to help you write paragraphs and essays. In the first stage, you are encouraged to explore relevant ideas and perhaps generate a topic sentence or thesis. In the second stage, you move naturally to a precise statement of your topic sentence or thesis and to an organized plan for your support material. Finally, you do the actual writing, revising, and editing of your paragraph or essay. This process also allows for recursive movement: You can go back and forth as you rework your material.

Source: Brandon, Lee. Brandon, Kelly. Paragraphs and Essays