Elections and essays

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Elections and essays

Programme

US elections

How to write essays

Writing an essay

US elections

Writing an essay

What do we remember?

What is an essay?

To inform or to argue

Format: 

(semi-)formal

4 paragraphs

1. Introduction
2. Body 1 (point 1), most important
3. Body 2 (point 2)
4. Conclusion

Things to do

Plan before writing

Keep out your own opinion until the final paragraph

Bring in, and refute, counter arguments

Use challenging vocabulary and grammar

Use linking words

Things to avoid

Very and really (really tasty -> delicious)

Leave out unnecessary words and information 

Putting more than one point in a paragraph

Introduce new information in the conclusion

PEED

Point

Example/evidence

Explain

Develop

PEED

Steps:

1. Read the assignment
2. Write a writing plan (what will you discuss in each paragraph, perhaps the beginning of the topic sentence) 
3. Write
4. Proofread 
5. Rewrite