| There are some basic rules when you are considering | | | | about the subject from various angles - personal, |
| or deciding interesting essay topics. The most | | | | psychological, historical, political, economic, social etc. |
| important aspect is your knowledge and | | | | Try to recollect what your teachers, friends, parents, |
| understanding. If you are satisfied with the level of | | | | books or newspapers said about the subject. |
| your knowledge on a certain subject, hen you can | | | | Select the relevant material |
| safely consider it as the topic for your essay writing. | | | | Once you have collected enough material for your |
| But this alone will not take you far. You must have | | | | composition, think over it again and select those |
| access to proper resources which will help you to | | | | points that are relevant and useful in writing the |
| write the essay with proper sense and structure. | | | | essay. Organize these ideas or points in a logical |
| When creating your plan, you must decide on several | | | | order. |
| key points. | | | | Make the outline |
| 1. What you understand about your topic? | | | | Now you need to draft out an outline of your essay. |
| 2. Who will be reading your essay? Is it for a | | | | Your outline should include the introduction, the body |
| magazine, newspaper, school etc. | | | | and the conclusion. Sum up each paragraph in a few |
| 3. What are you going to tell them or explain to your | | | | good sentences. The introduction should introduce |
| readers? | | | | your main idea and can include several points. Each |
| 4. What angle are you going to take? Is it a debate, | | | | paragraph of your body should cover each point. The |
| argument or your opinion? | | | | conclusion is a summary of the topic and restates |
| Understand the topic | | | | your topic that you presented in the introduction. It is |
| Before you start writing you should know what you | | | | a good idea to leave your reader with some thing to |
| are supposed to write. Read the wording of the | | | | think about. |
| given topic or subject carefully. For example consider | | | | Fill the outline |
| the essay topics, 'Good manners are a waste of time | | | | Once you have prepared the outline, you have to fill |
| in the modern world. Give your views for or against | | | | it with clear, concise and beautiful language. |
| the statement.' Here you are not supposed to write | | | | Revise |
| on good manners. You are not supposed to write on | | | | Now your essay is ready. But before you submit it, |
| the advantages of having good manners either. The | | | | read over again. There may be grammatical or |
| question is whether you consider good manners | | | | spelling errors which may leave the examiner |
| significant in the modern world or not. If you think | | | | unsatisfied. Correct them. |
| that good manners are important, give your views in | | | | Spelling and grammatical errors discount the quality of |
| favor of the statement. If you think that they aren't | | | | your custom essay. Once you have got your essay |
| important, put your views against the statement. | | | | printed, proofread the essay at least two times by |
| Think over | | | | yourself and one time each by two different |
| Now that you have got a clear idea of the subject, | | | | individuals. You may want to ask for suggestions |
| you have to spend some time thinking over it. If the | | | | from your counselor on what other elements that |
| subject is of a narrative or imaginative category, try | | | | can be included in your essay to boost the success |
| to visualize the scenes. If the subject is of a | | | | rate. |
| reflective or argumentative category, try to think | | | | |