How to write an essay

[Noxious_W33D]

I'm attempting to write an essay on the theme of 2 poems (It needs to be a page long). It's not that i'm bad at english, it's just you have to follow a certain format. Does anybody have any ideas?

[Bu11dogs]

isnt essay like
intro:
paragraphs
conclusion
???

[Noxious_W33D]

(26-05-2012 02:38 AM)Bu11dogs Wrote:  isnt essay like
intro:
paragraphs
conclusion
???

Yea, that's the basic part of it. Thanks

[Keseff]

That's extremely basic, it depends on the type of essay. If its an analytical essay you'll need to supply examples with commentary. It takes practice. Use google.

[SneakyDud]

heres the formula


d/dx x^english skills + 2 vocabulary skills abx +3 concluding skillsy-2

Intergrate to this equation

2vocabskills+d/dx * dy/dx

[BoomJones]

Best advice for essay writing:

Don't ask the users of this forum!

http://www.ehow.com/how_4558586_write-po...paper.html
Perhaps this helps! Google is your friend...

[Propete]

Use T.E.X.A.S.

T - stands for Topic. Here you state what you'll be talking about in the paragraph. It only needs to be one line, just enough to specify what you're talking about.

E - stands for Explain. Here you will elaborate on your Topic, giving the reader more information about what it is. One line will do here, but two is more beneficial for your mark.

X - stands for Example. This is where your paragraph comes to the crunch. You will have to use a real example. If you're to a Response to Literature, you'll need a real quote. If you're doing a formal writing essay you'll be able to get away with a looser interpretation of the word 'real'. You necessarily be judged on the content of your quote, but more on how you use it to back up your argument.

A - stands for Analysis. Here you discuss how your example backs up your argument. Two lines is a good bet here, the more you show how much you understand your example the better. Feel free to start it off with, 'This shows how..." or "Here we see..." You shouldn't get marked down particularly, but you'll get marked up for a more original link.

S - stands for Summary. This often means repeating your Topic statement with more affirmative grammar. Rearranging the words never hurt either.

Use this to write your 3-4 body paragraphs. You also need an introduction and conclusion.

[Scarth]

The way my school does it for Cambridge Exams is to use a

Quote
Method
Effect

Structure, where you have 6-8 of these per body paragraph.

Example:

The metaphor "his hands a burning sun" indicates that he held great power in his hands.

Or something along those lines.

[SmoogleMeister]

An essay, in simplest terms, is essentially 3-5 paragraphs. One introductory paragraph, 1-3 paragraph featuring the main points of your essay and finally, the concluding paragraph. If you think of an essay as multiple paragraphs, it shouldn't be too hard to write.

The introductory paragraph contains a simple introductory on the essay topic. It also includes a thesis statement (the thesis is what you want to talk about - essentially the topic).

The thesis isn't a scary thing, as said above it has to be 1 sentence stating what your subject is and your stance on the subject, as well as functioning as a hook to catch the reader's attention. For example, in your case it could be something along the lines of: "The theme of friendship is a common theme among poem A and Poem B" (your stance is that there is a common theme between poem A and poem B). Just make sure that the thesis statement is near the end of the introductory paragraph.

the middle paragraphs (1-3 depending on how many points you have) give detailed examples that back up the claim you have made in the thesis statement. Each paragraph should be dedicated to 1 of your main points (each point gets a paragraph of its own). Make sure they are strong points that solidify the thesis and when possible provide examples from the poems to strengthen the main points.

Finally, the conclusion paragraph sums up the whole essay, introductory and main points and adds a sense of end to the essay. Basically, restate the thesis in different words than used in the introductory paragraph, sum up the main point paragraphs in 2-3 sentences and add a final conclusion sentence.

Hope this helps

[SN1P3R966]

do PEAL Point Evidence Analise and Link to question

that is what i have to do in my school so its probably the same for you.

you make a point i.e the poet is using tense language. you get evidence so a quote like "he snuck up and bang!" which is a tense quote so this is just proof. and finally analise so you just explain it and say what effect it has to the reader.

[Scarth]

Actually this chap makes a good point ^

No matter how revolting false your points are, if you can make them sound convincing with some validity behind them, and you link them to the question, you will do alot better.

>> In your opening paragraph (introduction) ensure that you identify an attitude of the writer and the tone of the poem <<

Quote & Method & Effect & "This displays/reinforces/introduces/highlights the tone of the piece/narrators attitude of X through the <Effect (Such as soft sounds of sibilence, hard consontants etc)>

[Noxious_W33D]

(26-05-2012 09:36 PM)SmoogleMeister Wrote:  An essay, in simplest terms, is essentially 3-5 paragraphs. One introductory paragraph, 1-3 paragraph featuring the main points of your essay and finally, the concluding paragraph. If you think of an essay as multiple paragraphs, it shouldn't be too hard to write.

The introductory paragraph contains a simple introductory on the essay topic. It also includes a thesis statement (the thesis is what you want to talk about - essentially the topic).

The thesis isn't a scary thing, as said above it has to be 1 sentence stating what your subject is and your stance on the subject, as well as functioning as a hook to catch the reader's attention. For example, in your case it could be something along the lines of: "The theme of friendship is a common theme among poem A and Poem B" (your stance is that there is a common theme between poem A and poem B). Just make sure that the thesis statement is near the end of the introductory paragraph.

the middle paragraphs (1-3 depending on how many points you have) give detailed examples that back up the claim you have made in the thesis statement. Each paragraph should be dedicated to 1 of your main points (each point gets a paragraph of its own). Make sure they are strong points that solidify the thesis and when possible provide examples from the poems to strengthen the main points.

Finally, the conclusion paragraph sums up the whole essay, introductory and main points and adds a sense of end to the essay. Basically, restate the thesis in different words than used in the introductory paragraph, sum up the main point paragraphs in 2-3 sentences and add a final conclusion sentence.

Hope this helps

Thank you so much! This is the exact format I was looking for.