Essay Writing - 4 050225

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Welcome! 

Road map

Essay writing 

• Assessment
• Coherence in a paragraph and in an essay

How?

• Planning
• Shaping
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing/proofreading
• Hand in

Planning

• purpose = to convince
• audience  = me
• tone  = formal

Coherence

A paragraph and its larger entity, the essay, are coherent when all its sentences/ paragraphs clearly relate to one another.

Coherence

Thesis statement should be reflected in your essay

Use signal words 

First of all, secondly, all in all etc. 

Coherence

• arranging details
  
• transitional words/phrases/sentences
  
• parallel structures
  
• repeating key words and phrases

ONE TOPIC PER PAR!

Coherence

Formal

• no I/you/we
• no contractions 
• no abbreviations
• no gonna and wanna and such
• no swearing/slang 

Topics

• Climate change
• Virtual referees
• Fast fashion 

Today

Continue drafting your essay

Ready? Pick another topic

or give each other feedback

Thesis statement

Something is this because argument 1 and argument 2

Framework

Introduction which ends with your thesis statement

• anecdote, background, reason you chose the topic

Body: your actual argument

• one topic per paragraph
• argument in support
• argument in support
• refutation of opposing argument 

conclusion

Framework - example

Introduction with thesis statement:  45

Body: 

• argument in support: 90
• argument in support: 90
• refutation of opposing argument 90

Conclusion: 45

Total: 360 words 

Framework

intro - ends with 'Something is this because 1 and 2'

body

1. Something is this because argument 1

2. Something is this because argument 2

3. However, some might say counterargument + refutation

conclusion 

All in all/so/to conclude 'Something is this because 1 and 2'