Writing567 Essays

essay - multi-paragraphs, at least 3-6,7 paragraphs

English 12 - full essay - plan, write, proofread (40m)
Provincial Exam 250w -nice short, well-organized essay, two essays

entrance test for any post-secondary, essay writing

essay - most basic style, 5-paragraph essay, 3*5 essay, "go-to", dependable, will always work, helpful, useful, can be relied on

Essay 1 "The Most Important Invention in the Past Century"


Five-paragraph essay
Introductory paragraph
-Grabber

1.  Anecdote
2. History
3. Quotation
4. Idiom
5. Question
6. Statistic or fact
7. Funnel - general to specific statement

- Thesis statement - main idea, main argument
thesis- idea
-Preview your 3 points

3 Body paragraphs- TIME, SPACE, IMPORTANCE

1.Topic sentence
- points
points
points
2. Topic sentence
- points
points
points
3. Topic sentence
- points
points
points

Concluding paragraph - very similar to the introductory paragraph


Introductory para
Body paras
Concluding para



Samuel Pepys - diary from 1600s in London
Norman Bethune - Canadian doctor, hero in China, communist, worked in Spain and China



word - sentence - paragraph - essay - paper (10-20pp) - thesis-graduate from a university (70-100pp) - book -

journalism - different style of writing, not an academic essay style

Thesis statement - gives topic and controlling idea of essay