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Parts
of an Essay
1-
Introduction
2-
Supporting Paragraphs
3-
Summary Paragraph
Introduction Paragraph
What
is an introduction paragraph?
The
introduction paragraph is the first paragraph of your essay.
What
does it do?
It
introduces the main idea of your essay. A good opening paragraph captures the
interest of your reader and tells why your topic is important.
How do
I write one?
1.
Write the thesis statement. The main idea of the essay is stated in a single
sentence called the thesis statement. You must limit your entire essay to the
topic you have introduced in your thesis statement.
2.
Provide some background information about your topic. You can use interesting
facts, quotations, or definitions of important terms you will use later in the
essay.
Example:
Hockey
has been a part of life in Canada for over 120 years. It has evolved into an
extremely popular sport watched and played by millions of Canadians. The game
has gone through several changes since hockey was first played in Canada.
Supporting Paragraphs
What
are supporting paragraphs?
Supporting
paragraphs make up the main body of your essay.
What
do they do?
They
develop the main idea of your essay.
How do
I write them?
1.
List the points that develop the main idea of your essay.
2.
Place each supporting point in its own paragraph.
3.
Develop each supporting point with facts, details, and examples.
To
connect your supporting paragraphs, you should use special transition words.
Transition words link your paragraphs together and make your essay easier to
read. Use them at the beginning and end of your paragraphs.
Examples
of transition words that can help you to link your paragraphs together:
For
listing different points
1
First
2
Second
3
Third
For
counter examples
1
However
2 Even
though
3 On
the other hand
4
Nevertheless
For
additional ideas
1
Another
2 In
addition to
3
Related to
4
Furthermore
To
show cause and effect
1
Therefore
2 Thus
3 As a
result of
4
Consequently
Like
all good paragraphs, each supporting paragraph should have a topic sentence,
supporting sentences, and a summary sentence.
Summary Paragraph
What
is a summary paragraph?
The
summary paragraph comes at the end of your essay after you have finished
developing your ideas. The summary paragraph is often called a
"conclusion."
What
does it do?
It
summarizes or restates the main idea of the essay. You want to leave the reader
with a sense that your essay is complete.
How do
I write one?
1.
Restate the strongest points of your essay that support your main idea.
2.
Conclude your essay by restating the main idea in different words.
3.
Give your personal opinion or suggest a plan for action.
Example:
Overall,
the changes that occurred in hockey have helped to improve the game. Hockey is
faster and more exciting as a result of changes in the past 120 years. For
these reasons, modern hockey is a better game than hockey in the 1890s.
Here are some big blunders that most of the aspirants make while
writing an essay.
first of all you should know , what essay consists of
essay consists of two main parts
1.knowledge about that topic
no one can write without having sufficient knowledge about that particular
topic of the essay ,
knowledge should be up to date ,it should not be obsolete.
knowing about exact facts and figures , dates ,exact quotes etc.
many students select that topic about which they do not know much .
knowledge comes from these sources
listening News
reading Newspaper
watching
by conversations
2.how to write ??????
i)vocabulary and sentence structure.
it is the main element of essay writing. Many people have lot of knowledge but
they cannot express themselves. Because they
can not use appropriate words and they do not know about essay language.
Essay language is totally different from our spoken language and other
writings.
Essay language has specific format .it needs appropriate vocabulary. You cannot
use simple English, and even cannot use high
level of GRE vocabulary .
Solution: read 5, to 6 essays ...collect vocabulary from it .it will be enough
while writing any essay. i think you will have
to memorize only 200-300 words... these words are the part of every essay.
ii). if you pay attention to the sentences, they are not simple sentences and
not even more complex. It’s a balance between them.
iii). spelling mistakes and their solution????????
Read 5 to 6 essays, write those words on a separate piece of paper which seems
difficult in spells, daily review those words.
iv). do not use these words in any essay...these words are used only when there
is no alternative
I, We, you, he, she, they, our ,us my, Me...
v). write full words:
don't =do not
won't =would not
isn't = is not
%= per cent ,,,, instead of writing "30%" ,,,write "30 per
cent" population
vi). Do not use the words that nobody has ever used in any essay.
vii) Mostly it is preferred to write in "indirect speech". Although
direct speech can be used whenever it is necessary.
Essay Writing Tips For Beginners
AS WE KNOW THAT ESSAY WRITING IS MOST DIFFICULT TASK FOR CSS EXAM,AND MOST OF ASPIRANTS TRAPPED IN THIS COMPLICATION SO AS TO I REVEAL SOME KNOWLEDGE WHICH I GET FROM A EFFICACIOUS BOOK FOR PREPARATION.THIS HINTS MAY HELP BEGINNERS TO CLEAR THEIR CONCEPT ABOUT ESSAY WRITING
GENERAL PREPARATION-One of the chief diffiult most of us feel is the lack of matter.we do not easily find anything to say about a subject.this is natural,because our experience and general reading are limited.but it may b remedied by reading,and by training the power of observation.READINGin order to write an essay the student must have something to write about and so he must endeavour to store his mind with ideas by reading.BECON SAYS "reading maketh a full man";that is a person who reads much and widely stores his mind with a large variety of facts,thoughts,illustrations and general informations.if you want to write good essays you must acquire love to reading...not simply reading stories for amusement,but reading good books of historey, travel, biography and science.fill your mind with fine thoughts and accurate information. by doing so you will become "a full man" ,and "a full man" can always find plenty to say on most subjects.OBSERVATIONobservation contributes alot in our day to day knowledge.All knowledge does not come from books.we may learn much from the life around us--what we see and hear observe for ourselves.Keep eyes and ears open ,and learn from your own experience.practical writing short descriptions of what you see in building,street scenes,trees and flowers,hillsand valleys,the habit of animals and birds.dont b content with reading other people`s description of such things but see them for yourself.it is surprising what a lot may b learnt from personal observation.CONVERSATIONbooks are written by men and women;and if we can learn from the books they write ,we can learn also from the words they say,listen to the people`s conversation get them to talk to u about the things they know,and discuss subjects that interest u with your friends.in this way,also,you may learn much.A writer reads,observe and gets people to talk and in these ways he is always enriching his mind with ideas and knowlege ."we can take the example of journalists. they exercise lots of things for accumulating information to complete their theme of writing as like them we also have to persist for gather copious knowledge for writing by discriminated ways"DEFINING THE SUBJECTIt is very important that u should have a clear and accurate conception of the subject of the essay before you attempt to write on it....what exactly it is and (equally important)what it is not.some subjects are so simple that you can scarcely make a mistake about them ..for example,"the influence of railway traveling on paksitani social life."Neither the subject is railway travelling nor it is the railway system of pakistan still less the invention of the locomotive engine,and the history of railways.Yet some students,carelessly reading the subject,might easily take up a large part of their essay with such topics,you must come to the point at once and start away with the real subjects,which in this case is the different ways in which the habit of travelling by train is changing the social customs of the people of paksitan.it is therefore very necessary that u should define the subject clearly in your own mind or you may waste much time and paper in writing on more or less irrrelevant matters.COLLECTING MATERIALwhen u have got the clear idea of yr subject,the next step will b to think of that what can u say about it.some subject are so simple that a little reflection should supply u with suffcient matterial for a short essay but,for others,special information will b needed for which u may have to do some special reading,if u have to write about the some historical subjects and extra knowledge seeking subject.u have to get hold of some books and subject up.but in any case,do not attempt to write the essay before u have given some time to thinking over what can say on the subject.the common habit of beggining to write down the first thing that omes into one,s head,without knowing what is to come next,is fatal to good essay-writing. As u think over the subject,ideas,facts and illustrations will pass through yr mind.but if u done catch them as they come,u may forget them just when u want them.so as u catch birds and put them in a cage,(mean to say pick the idea and paste it on the piece of paper),catch and cage these fleeting thoughts by jotting them down on a piece of paper just as they come in to yr mind,without troubling yrself at this stage about their order or suitablity,u can examine the birds thus caught at ur leisure later.When u think u have colleted enough material of yr essay,or u cant think of any more points,read over the notes u have jotted down to select points most suitable for yr purpose (pick and choose more important and more efficacious point for yr essay).u may find what they worth.u may find that some are mere repetitions of others and others may b simply illustraions to b thought under main heads.this process of selection will probably suggest to u in a general way the line of thought u may follow in the essay.LOGICAL ARRANGEMENTNow should b ready to decide on the line of thought oss the essay i.e., the logical order in which u can arrange the points u have selected.the necessity if thus arranging yr thoughts according to some ordinary plan cant b too strongly insisted upon.without it,the essay will probably b badly arranged,rambling,disproportioned and full of reptitions and irrelevancies.MAKING THE OUT LINEBearing yr subject definitely in yr mind and with yr purpose clearly before you,sketch out a bare outline of the main heads, under which u will arrange yr various materials in a natural,logical and convincing order.......from a brief introduction till an effetive conclusion.FALLING IN THE OUT LINEHaving thus mapped out the main points with which u are going to deal,arrange the ideas you have collected each under its proper main head,rejecting all those not really relevant to yr subject ot which simply repeat other thoughts and taking are that each really belongs to the division in which u place it.You will now have a full out line,which is to b a guide to u in writing the essay.but this is not the essay,but only its well-articulated skeleton.u must now clothe the skeleton with flesh,and most difficult of all breathe into it the breath of life,before u all yr production an essay
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