What are the steps to make a good essay?

Here are the instructions I give students when they are preparing for AP exams, and these instructions work well for writing any essay or research assignment.

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Follow the writing process, whether you're writing a paragraph, an essay, or a research paper … for science, history, English, or whatever:

Prewriting: Brainstorm, research, plan, outline, thesis statement
[If you're writing a timed essay, this part should take about 1/4th of the time you're allotted. If you plan well, the writing should come more easily.]

Writing: Write first draft by starting with section II of your outline; write the introduction after the body of the paper is written; write the conclusion last.

Polishing: Revise, concentrating first on the body of the paper, then the intro, then the concl (revision = making sure ideas are logical and sequential and support your thesis); proofread (spelling, grammar, usage, etc.)

Make sure you have a thesis statement. Make sure you've done your brainstorming (and maybe research). Make sure you have written an outline.

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from http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
Click on Step by Step for the process. Click on Info Search for help with researching.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Check in the Essay & Research Paper Level.

Thank you :D

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