This is the second of a few articles I am writing to give simple, easy to follow essay writing tips to international students. I actually run my own essay proofreading website at essay help so I’m well qualified to give you some of the main tips I’d say would improve most of the essays we have submitted.
So on with the article and today I’m going to be explaining how to effectively analyse your points. This is the part of your essay you really need to get right as it holds the great majority of the marks.
Firstly your opening statement for these middle paragraphs shoud make a point – this could remain neutral or if you are attempting to persuade your reader, or even attempting to give your opinion, it will support your original thesis; either way the point must always relate directly to answering the question; not answering the question is a big problem for many writers but if each point is directly related you maintain a very effective flow throughout. It is also important to make sure that the point will then have evidence to back it up – for example ‘The economic position of the super-powers by the 1980s had set into motion the fall of Communism’ – this sort of statement is fine as long as you can show exactly why you have said it. You don’t need to be too nice and neutral in your essay, if you feel one answer is the correct one then argue it as much as you can – just make sure there is always evidence, evidence, evidence.
What many international students especially tend to do is just to now write down everything they know about the point – just remember all your paragraph needs to do is build the argument. Once you make your point put in the evidence to support it and then explain exactly how it supports it. The simple structure of each paragraph should therefore be point, evidence then an explanation of how the evidence supports the point; this is important – you are not explaining the evidence itself but how it supports the point and therefore answers the question. If you keep to this formula you will be answering the question comprehensively and should be on your way to the best mark; of course if there are different arguments you will be explaining how they interlink together in answering the question – advocating some and ruling out others.
The number of the paragraphs will depend on the number of points you need to make a strong argument – if there are only a few issues involved your essay will be short. With longer essays it is very important to arrange your points in clear, flowing and logical order so you can construct a strong argument. Next time we’ll look at the conclusion and how to bring each of your points together but for now thanks for reading everyone. If you want more help with your written English feel free to visit my website at essay.
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July 1st, 2010 at 16:48
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