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How To Write an Essay

How To Write an Essay. Emily Brown. Writing Process. Video!. Parts of an essay. Introduction Body Conclusion Sometimes work citied page. Introduction. Explains your topic briefly. Lets the read know what they will be reading in the essay. Sometimes contains the thesis statement.

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How To Write an Essay

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  1. How To Write an Essay Emily Brown

  2. Writing Process • Video!

  3. Parts of an essay • Introduction • Body • Conclusion • Sometimes work citied page

  4. Introduction • Explains your topic briefly. • Lets the read know what they will be reading in the essay. • Sometimes contains the thesis statement. • You should use some sort of clever question to grab the readers attention. • 3-6 sentences long.

  5. Body • 3 paragraphs or more. • 5-7 sentences. • Explains in detail what the introduction stated. • Main part of an essay.

  6. Conclusion • Most important part of the essay. • Last thing the reader reads. • 3-6 sentences • Summarizes what was said in the body. • What sticks the most to a reader.

  7. The writing process • 1. Pre-writing • 2. Drafting • 3. Editing • 4. Revising • 5. Proofreading • 6. Publishing

  8. Prewriting • Pick your topic. • Decide on important aspects of the topic. • Decide who you are writing for (audience).

  9. Drafting • Start writing your essay. • Putting your thoughts onto paper. • Write in sentences and in paragraphs. • Nothing is perfect yet!

  10. Editing/Revising • Fixing mistakes in grammar, punctuation, ect… • Moving sentences or paragraphs around to make the essay organized. • Deciding what sentences work and which ones do not.

  11. Proofreading • Reading over your essay. • Making last minuet corrections. • Deciding if you explained your topic fully. • Making sure you reached your audience. • Making sure you are happy with your work. • Clear up anything that may be fuzzy.

  12. Publishing • Handing in your final copy!! • Letting the audience read your work!

  13. Review Questions • What part of the paper do you think is the hardest to write? • What should you include in the introduction paragraph? • Why is the conclusion of the paper important?

  14. Brainstorming • Topic: My Favorite Vacation! • What did you do on vacation? • Where did you go? • Who went with you? • What activities did you do? • How long did you go for? • What restaurants did you eat at? • What did you see?

  15. Writing • Lets start to write our essay! • What type of essay do you think we are writing? • ~Informative? • ~Persuasive? • ~How to?

  16. Proofread • Look over what you just wrote. • Do you see any errors you can correct?

  17. Resources • http://partsofanessay.com/ • http://lewis.cpsb.org/faculty_pages/stacey.blanchard/THE%20FIVE%20STEPS%20OF%20THE%20WRITING%20PROCESS.htm

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