How to write an essay

Parts of the essay

1. Introduction = 10%

2. Body = 80%

3. Conclusion = 10%
How do we start?
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
People pay too much attention to the less important things
in life and fail to see the larger issues. Use specific reasons
and details to explain your opinion.
An essay question.
Some music is very inspirational. Other music seems
boring and meaningless. Which type of music do you listen
to and why do you think some music forms are much more
popular than others? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer.
The introduction

1. Introduce the topic

2. Reduce the topic (Introduce question)
4 sentences
3. Write your opinion (Answer question)

4. Write thesis statement

The introduction: Sentence 1
Introduce the Topic

1. Look at the question

2. Identify the most general idea (the topic)
3. Write a general sentence including the topic
Some music is very inspirational. Other music seems boring and meaningless. Which type of
music do you listen to and why do you think some music forms are much more popular than
others? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

The most general idea = music (the topic)

The great writer Victor Hugo said “Music expresse that which cannot be said
and on which is imposible to be silent.”
The introduction: Sentence 2
Reduce the Topic

1. Look at the question (again)

2. Identify what to write about (more specific)

3. Write a sentence introducing the main idea

of the question (keep a relation with the first)
Some music is very inspirational. Other music seems boring and meaningless. Which type of
music do you listen to and why do you think some music forms are much more popular than
others? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Reduce the topic = start introducing the topic

Nothing suits my soul so much than to listen to some good 80s

rock.
The introduction: Sentence 3
Write your opinion

1. Look at the question (again)

2. Identify what they are asking you to do
3. Write a sentence answering the question
(this answer is your opinion)
Some music is very inspirational. Other music seems boring and meaningless. Which type of
music do you listen to and why do you think some music forms are much more popular than
others? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Write your opinion = answer the question

Although, we can say that “one man’s meat is another man’s poison.
Therefore, there are as many types of music as people and their tastes exist.
The introduction: Sentence 4
Write the thesis statement

Follow this structure:

1. Start with one of the following introductory
phrases:
Following / In the next paragraphs / As it will follow
The introduction: Sentence 4
Write the thesis statement

Follow this structure:

2. Continue with a quantifying phrase:
some of / a few / several / few of the / each of the
following / every one of the
The introduction: Sentence 4
Write the thesis statement

Follow this structure:

3. Express what you will explain:
reasons why / issues / advantages /
disadvantages / characteristics of (something)
Some music is very inspirational. Other music seems boring and meaningless. Which type of
music do you listen to and why do you think some music forms are much more popular than
others? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Write the thesis statement

Following there will be an analysis of some reasons why people prefer to listen
to one type of music more tan another.
 The introduction: Put it all together

The great writer Victor Hugo said “Music expresse that which cannot be said
and on which is imposible to be silent.” Nothing suits my soul so much than to
listen to some good 80s rock. Although, we can say that “one man’s meat is
another man’s poison. Therefore, there are as many types of music as people
and their tastes exist. Following there will be an analysis of some reasons why
people prefer to listen to one type of music more tan another.
 The introduction: Make some changes

The great writer Victor Hugo said “Music expresses that which cannot be said
and on which is imposible to be silent.” Music is a form of art that appeals to all
people. Nothing suits my the soul of this writer so much than to listen to some
good 80s rock. Although, we can say that “one man’s meat is another man’s
poison”. Therefore, there are as many types of music as people and their tastes
exist in this wide world. In the paragraphs that Following follow there will be an
a thorough analysis of some reasons why people prefer to listen to one type of
music more tan another.