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Writing an Essay Template

Crafting an effective essay involves several crucial steps. Initially, one must develop a clear thesis statement that captures the essence of the argument. The introduction should provide informative sentences to set the stage for what follows.

Writing an Essay Template

Essay Title

What's your essay about?


:::::::::::::Type in the title of your essay.

STEP: Outline

Work on the structure of your essay
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Conclusion
Final statement

Highlight a future prediction


:::::based on what you have shown in the essay.

Summary paragraph

Summarize your essay


by restating the main ideas of your thesis and body paragraphs. Type them in.

Body Paragraphs

Develop the ideas


first presented in the introduction.

Type in a one-line sentence


::::::::to describe the third body paragraph.

Type in a one-line sentence


to describe the second body paragraph.

Secondary Source

What secondary source(s)


will you take into account for your research? Type it (them) in.

Primary Source

What primary source(s)


will you take into account for your research? Type it (them) in.

Paragraph

Type in a one-line sentence


::::::::to describe the first body paragraph.

First paragraph: Introduction

The introductory paragraph


should contain several elements that will catch the interest of your audience.

Thesis Statement

Choose the strongest idea to build your essay around it


Ask yourself where you are going with this essay and why. Use the arguments found in other essays for your writing, but also brainstorm for original ideas. Write the thesis statement to summarize it.

Informative sentences

Sentence

Provide details about the subject you will address


Write a couple of sentences that provide details about the subject you will address in the body of your essay.

First sentence

Write a catchy first sentence to engage your audience


What interesting anecdotes, quotes, or trivial facts have you discovered while researching your topic? Use them to write your sentence.

Main topic

STEP: Analysis

Please continue by analyzing other essays written on this topic.
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Find at least one example of related essay and see whether it is well written or not.

ESSAY #1:

Type in the title and the author(s)


of the essay which you're going to analyze.

LOGICAL SEQUENCE

Reason

Is the logical sequence of the essay accurate or faulty?


Follow the relationships between the claims and the evidence. List a couple of reasons.

EVIDENCE

Evidence

What evidence do(es) the author(s) present?


Type in the evidence.
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CLAIMS

Author Claim

What claims do(es) the author(s) make?


Type them in.

STEP: Research Sources

Begin working on your essay by researching your topic.
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Utilize the internet, the academic databases, and the library. Add brief descriptions of all the resources you will use to write your essay. Make sure you write down your sources in the correct citation format so that you don't have to go back and look them up again later.

SECONDARY SOURCES

List second-hand information:


comments on, interpretations of, or discussions about the original material.

PRIMARY SOURCES

List first-hand information:


historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical data, pieces of creative writing.