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Essay Writing or Creative Writing
Whether you are a Student or Working Professional, this short note will not only improve your
Essay Writing but also Writing Skills
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Writer’s craft (tools for great writings)
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Formal and Informal Writing
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Dos and Don’ts of Essay Writing
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Essay Writing 01:
Essays vary from argumentative to descriptive or many different genres
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Basically, following are the main aims of writing argumentation
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Trends to have a more personal and direct style
Develops on a line of argument
Follows a coherent and logical structure

How to Plan:
Before moving to the structure of Essay, lets discuss how to plan an Essay
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Use any from the following to plan correctly
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Use only assertive tone
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One for Introduction, Three body
paragraphs and One Conclusion paragraph
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Now, sneaking on each part separately
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Don’t write: In this essay or My essay
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Global Warming
Earth is the birthplace of human civilizations thriving on this planet
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In fact, the increase in the temperature of the Earth has resulted
in the phenomenon of global warming which is real threat for the survival of mankind…

Body Paragraphs:
Following are some important points to remember for Body Paragraphs:
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Think of each paragraph as a mini essay
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Introduce new idea in each paragraph
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Finish with Claim, evidence and analysis
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You must look for progression
which is the initiation of new ideas from main idea
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Restate the thesis
Summarize the arguments
Reconnect the readers to the Introduction

Important Things to Know:

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Never introduce new ideas in Introduction or Conclusion
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Soft introduction (don’t write about the topic shortly)
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Avoid aggressive tone like saying, “kill the thief,” is aggressive
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Writer’s craft (Tools for great writing) 02:
Have a palate of the following to use them sparingly:
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Substitute weak verbs with strong verbs
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Metaphors and Similes
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Imagery
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Juxtaposition
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At least use ALL punctuation symbols once in your essay
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Coherence and Cohesion 03:
Coherent text improves the following:
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Flow
Structure
Clarity
Relevance

Whereas, Cohesion is for connection between ideas, sentences and paragraphs
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Words and Phrases used to give examples:
For example, For instance, Namely, In other words
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Formal and Informal Writing 04:
Formal

Informal

Therefore

So

Apologize

Sorry

Received

Get

Perhaps

May be

Inform

Tell

Desire

Want

Thank you

Thanks

Formal

Informal

Firstly

To start with

It is a pleasure to meet you

Nice to meet you

Looking forward to seeing you

Can’t wait to see you

It is necessary for me

I need to

This demonstrate that

This shows that

To consider

To think about

At your earliest convenience

As soon as you can

Hopefully, this clarifies the difference
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Organize a coherent essay
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Any example you use – from literature, scientific work, etc
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Do Discuss Literature in the Present Tense
The aim of an essay is to not only to reveal your knowledge of the topic, but to show your
ability to choose appropriate vocabulary and show your language expertise
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Checklist for Overall Structure:
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Have you clearly stated your argument in your introduction?
Does the actual structure correspond to the ‘road map’ set out in your introduction?
Have you clearly indicated how your main points support your argument?
Have you clearly signposted the transitions between each of your main points for your
reader?

Checklist for Paragraphs:
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Does each paragraph introduce one main idea?
Does every sentence in the paragraph support that main idea?
Does each paragraph display relevant evidence and reasoning?
Does each paragraph logically follow on from the one before it?

Checklist for Sentences:
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Is each sentence grammatically complete?
Is the spelling correct?
Is the link between sentences clear to your readers?
Have you avoided redundancy and repetition?

Dos and Don’ts of Essay Writing 06:
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Don't Neglect Formatting Details
Do Not Address the Reader
Don’t Start an Essay with “in this/my essay” Phrase
Don’t Use Negative Language (Comfortable or Pleasant not Painless, economical not
inexpensive)
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Avoid Clichés:
Some famous Clichés are,
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In a nutshell
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At the end of the day

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