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Enhancing Your Writing: Tips for Effective Storytelling and Essay Development

In this guide, we explore essential strategies for crafting compelling narratives and essays. Many students struggle with starting their stories and articulating their thesis effectively. We recommend beginning in media res to engage your readers immediately and ensure that your writing incorporates the prompt. For essays, it’s crucial to take a clear stand and focus on one viewpoint within the time limit. We also highlight the importance of concise introductions, structured organization, and proper conventions to elevate your writing and make a lasting impact.

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Enhancing Your Writing: Tips for Effective Storytelling and Essay Development

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  1. ISA/ACER Testing Feedback PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD

  2. Story: Development • Many students wrote long introductions • Not enough time to conclude, or even reach the climax • Several students wrote about topics that had nothing to do with travel delays • YOU MUST INCORPORATE THE PROMPT SOMEWHERE INTO YOUR WRITING • Suggestion: Start in media res(in the middle of the action) and flashback later if you have time

  3. Essay: Development • Most students had a clear thesis • However, you MUST take a stand • In 30 minutes you do not have the time to develop an essay that considers multiple viewpoints • There is not right or wrong answer • Use specific, real examples: • “My family is composed of five people and it’s perfect.” • “My friend’s family has eight people; it’s far too many.”

  4. Story: Organization • Again, it may be a good idea to start in the rising action or near the climax • In the first three lines of the story you must establish: • Main characters • Setting • The conflict • You can always dash off a quick resolution if you are running out of time

  5. Essay: Organization • Good overall • A clear thesis that elaborates reasons will guide the rest of your essay • Each reason in the thesis becomes a body paragraph • Introductions are often too long • 2-3 sentences in your introduction are sufficient • Spend more time developing ideas

  6. Conventions • Comma splices: write shorter sentences • Fragments: make sure your ideas are complete. • Even though we fight sometimes = incomplete idea • Word choice • Where = donde / were = eran, fueron

  7. Dialogue Dashes are NEVER used for dialogue in English “I can’t believe this,” my father exclaimed. “Darn!” Quotation comma small end of punctuation Mark inside case sentence inside quotes quotation letter capital

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