Question

What are the steps to make a good essay?

Answer 1

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

<u>Prewriting</u>: 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.]

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

<u>Polishing</u>: 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.)

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

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html#org
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.

Answer 2

Thank you :D

Answer 3

You're very welcome!