writing revision

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• Leerjaar 6

Essay Writing

 Essay

• inventing - generating ideas/ organising them
• drafting - writing of your essay
• editing - correcting and improving your work

Essay writing ; inventing drafting and editing

inventing 

The inventing part consists of two parts;

* generating ideas 

* organizing them 

inventing

The final invention step is...

Creating a thesis statement: which is one sentence in which you state your main idea of the essay and it will form the basis of your essay

final invention step

Drafting

* Drafting = is the actual writing part

*  expand on the subject

* You've picked three subjects which you will now use to write paragraphs

Drafting-writing

Drafting

The core of a paragraph is your topic sentence, which clearly states your topic. The rest of the paragraph expands on the topic and ends with a transition sentence

topic sentence

Editing

*  correcting your work and improving it

* Make sure there are no grammatical errors

* Does your thesis cover the content?

* Are your paragraphs properly linked?

* Is your language clear and unambiguous?

Editing

There are three possible organization patterns:

There are three possible organization patterns:

Pattern 1: 

Thesis statement:

PRO idea 1

PRO idea 2

CON(s) + Refutation(s)

Conclusion

Pattern 2:

Thesis statement:

CON(s) + Refutation(s)

PRO idea 1

PRO idea 2

Conclusion

Pattern 3:

Thesis statement:

CON idea 1 -----> Refutation

CON idea 2 -----> Refutation

CON idea 3 -----> Refutation

Conclusion

Essay writing

• Outline of an essay

Introduction essay