How to Write a Good Essay

       Do you want to write a good essay? You need to know the steps of writing an essay. Also you need to choose a topic that you know a lot about. Before you begin writing the essay, look up some information you might need in your essay so that you can be sure your paper will have good information and will cover the main idea of your essay. The essay should have an introduction, body, and conclusion.
       First, you should write the introduction. In the introduction, a good writer usually begins with a lead-in or a hook, which is a sentence that grabs the reader’s attention. You can write the hook in many ways. According to Coshe.com, “You can use a quote, an obscure fact, a question, or some ingenious opening sentence that smacks of relevant cleverness” (Figueroa par. 3). Then, you can give background information about the topic you are writing about. When you finish writing the background of your topic, you should write the thesis, which is the main idea of your essay. After that, you should write the main supporting ideas, which you will write about in the body, the following paragraphs.
       Second, you should write the body. Usually the body has at least three paragraphs unless you are writing a comparative essay, which usually has two paragraphs for the body. Each paragraph of the body should begin with a topic-sentence which is one of the main supporting ideas of your thesis. After writing the topic-sentence, you should write information about your main supporting idea and you should also give examples of what you are writing to make your ideas clear. While you write the body, you might want to use others’ ideas. If you want to use someone else’s idea, you must mention the source and the name of the idea’s owner; otherwise, it will be considered plagiarism. And take into consideration that if you cite too many writers, readers will wonder if you have any ideas of your own.
       Thirdly, you should write the conclusion. The conclusion is the paragraph where you tell the readers what you have already told them in the body. In other words, you should restate the main idea and the main supporting ideas of your paper in this paragraph. A good conclusion usually ends with a punch-line which is the last sentence of your paper. It is the sentence you want the readers to remember the most.
       To sum up, a good essay must have an introduction, body, and conclusion. A good essay begins with an interesting sentence that makes the reader want to keep reading your paper. The body should have the main supporting ideas and examples. The last thing is the conclusion where you write the main idea and the main supporting ideas of your paper. You should also remember to end your paper with a punch-line.

                                             Work cited
Figueroa, Emiliano. “The Introduction.” Online posting. 24 Apr. 2003.
        05 Apr. 2007 <http://www.coshe.com/intro.htm>.

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