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Essaywritingbysohailahmed 140710011438 Phpapp02
Writing
The Essay
• The Word Essay literally means an attempt; and hence
essay is the name given to the form of composition
which is a short attempt on a given subject, Usually it
gives details of Narrative, a description of some subject,
and information on some subject.
• The Essay is the most interesting exercise in English composition.
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Steps in Writing an Essay
Pre-Writing
Organizing
Drafting
Revising and Editing
Handing in a Final Copy
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Pre-Writing
• Pre-writing literally means, “before writing.” Before
you actually begin writing your essay, you will need to
do the following things:
• Choose a topic to write on
• Brainstorming or generate ideas for topic
• Focus in on central ideas
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Organizing
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Coherence
Relevant criticisms
and counter
criticisms
Conclusion should
never introduce any
new material
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Introduction
• PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE:
Engaging, strong and creative.
Open with a quotation or an ideological comment,
which reflects your chosen theme.
Follow this with specific analysis and end the
paragraph with your thesis statement.
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Thesis Statement
• THESIS SHOULD BE:
• Your thesis statement will have two parts.
First part states the topic.
Second part states the point of the essay.
End creatively
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Drafting
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time to start writing the DRAFT guidelines.`
essay.
Don’t worry Goal in writing a
rough draft is to
about writing develop and Don’t focus on
support the ideas spelling and
the perfect grammar
listed in your
Paper the first outline
time.
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Revising and Editing
• REVISION • EDITING
Spelling
Content Grammar
Organization Punctuation
Sentence
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The Final
Copy
Word-Processed
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