1.5. Writing Enhancement Effective Essay Builder
I. Prewriting Essays
What is the prewriting stage?
The prewriting stage is when you prepare your ideas for your essay before you begin writing. You will find it easier to write your essay if you build an outline or a plan first.
Six Prewriting Steps:
Think carefully about what you are going to write. Jot down all your ideas and associations. Even if they seem awkward or out of place now they can serve you as a starting point for further associations.
Assignment 1.
Brainstorming. Generate ideas associated with the topic “My Future Career Prospects”. Expand the spidergram given below. Ask yourself the following questions:
–What question/questions am I going to answer in this essay?
–What facts do I need for the essay?
–How can I make this essay interesting?
–What else do I want to say about this topic?
–Why should people be interested in this topic?
–Why is this topic important?
You do not need to spend a lot of time doing this; just write enough to help you remember why and how you are going to write your paragraph or essay.
Find the main idea of your essay. Choose the most important point you are going to present. If you cannot decide which point is the most important, just choose one point and stick to it throughout your essay.
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Organise your facts and ideas in a way that develops your main idea. Once you have chosen the most important point of your paragraph or essay, you must find the best way to tell your reader about it. Look at the facts and your own ideas on the topic. Decide which facts and ideas will best support the main idea of your essay. Once you have chosen the facts and ideas you plan to use, ask yourself which order to put them in the essay.
Think of a way to summarise your ideas. If you can’t do it at this stage, leave it until you have written your essay. Just make sure you don’t forget about it.
Assignment 2.
Write down an outline that you can use to guide yourself as you write your essay:
Introduction (the main idea)
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Body
Supporting Paragraph (supporting idea 1)
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Supporting Paragraph (supporting idea 2)
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Supporting Paragraph (supporting idea 3)
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Summary Paragraph_______________________________________
Check whether you’ll need any additional facts to develop the main idea. Think where to get them.
II. Writing Essays
What is the writing stage?
The writing stage is when you turn your ideas into sentences.
Five Writing Steps:
1. For the introduction, write the thesis statement and give some background information.
2. Develop each supporting paragraph and make sure to follow the correct paragraph format.
3. Write clear and simple sentences to express your meaning.
4. Focus on the main idea of your essay.
5. Use a dictionary to help you find additional words to express your meaning.
Warning!!! ©All rights for all textbooks are reserved by their publishers. No part of any publication may be reproduced in your essay without the prior written permission of the publishers. Though teachers more than welcome abundant use of your active vocabulary they expect to see your own ideas presented in your essay.