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How to Write a Good Essay

 What is an Essay?

 Step 1: Develop a Topic & Working Thesis

 Step 2: Find Scholarly Sources 

 Step 3: Form a Thesis & Essay Outline

 Step 4: Write the Essay & Integrate Sources

 Step 5: Review, Edit & Revise the Essay

 APA Style 

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Welcome to the RGO Library's guide to writing academic essays. This guide

presents tips, methods, and strategies for writing a good research paper or
essay with a 5 step process:

1. Develop a topic by understanding the assignment requirements, exploring

background information, and forming a working thesis
2. Conduct research using scholarly sources, taking critical notes and reading
closely
3. Create a thesis statement and outline of arguments that will form the essay
4. Write the essay and integrate research evidence with properly formatted
citations and references
5. Edit, review and revise your thesis, outline, and writing for grammatical errors
and common structural and stylistic mistakes

 Basic Structure & Key Elements of Essays

 Essay Types: Argumentative, Comparative, Expository & Narrative

 Types of Writing Assignments (Bow Valley College)

An essay is a "short formal piece of writing..dealing with a single

subject" ("Essay," 2001). It is typically written to try to persuade the reader using
selected research evidence ("Essay," 1997). In general, an academic
essay has three parts:

1. An introduction that gives the reader an idea of what they are about to learn
and presents an argument in the form of a thesis statemen
2. A body, or middle section, that provides evidence used to prove and persuade
the reader to accept the writer's particular point of vie
3. A conclusion that summarizes the content and findings of the essay

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