EssayWritingTips

Strongacademicwritingisthefoundationofnumerousbooksandpublications.Essay
compositioncanbedifficultforbeginners.Butwithenoughpractice,revision,andfeedback,
studentscanwritetopnotchessaysonsubjectslikebiology,chemistry,history,etc.

Understandingtheprompttopicisthemostimportantpartofwritingagoodessay.For
example,ateachermayassignanessayonkoalas,butstudentsmustmakesurethatthe
generaltopicandanysubtopicisansweredcompletely.Subtopicsgivedirectiontotheessays
bodythebulkofwhichcanelaborate,support,negate,etc.themaintopic.

Anacademicessays outline couldlooklikethefollowing:

Paragraph1:Maintopic
Paragraph2:SubtopicA
Paragraph3:SubtopicB
Paragraph4:SubtopicC
Paragraph5:Conclusion
References

Thefirstparagraphcanstartoffwithahook:anattentiongrabbingdevicetocapturethe
readersattention.Thehookcanbeaquote,fact,oropinion.Thenthefirstparagraphcan
includethe thesisstatement .Thethesisstatementcananswerthemainquestion.Itcanalso
brieflyaddressallthesubtopicsintheessay.Ifanessaysmaintopicisonkoalas,asample
thesisstatementcouldbe:

Koalasareextraordinarymarsupialanimals
theirevolution,dailybehavior,and
humanrelationsprovideinsightintothelivesofthesemammals.

The blue
clauseanswersthemainquestion:whatisthisessayabout?WhatwillIbe
reading?The yellow
portiontellsthereaderwhatthe3subtopicswillbe:koalasevolution,daily
behavior,andhumanrelations.

Subtopicparagraphsandthemainparagrapharebuiltinasimilarway.Theybothstart
offwithamainargumentthatissupportedbystatements.Heresanexampleparagraphthat
startsoffwithamainargumentwiththreesupportingstatements:

Koalas are evolved from a longline ofherbivorousmammals.Before

the geologic period of the Paleolithicperiod,koalaswerepartof thewombat
genetic family. According to scientific evidence, koalassharethesameclaw
characteristic and longrange vocal sounds as some prehistoric animals.
Subsequently, they branched off into the Queensland, Victorian, and South
Walessubspecies.