Writing General Essays

Writing an Essay

If you have never written an essay before, or if you struggle with writing and want to improve your skills, it is a good idea to go through several steps in the essay writing process.

For example, to write an essay, you should generally:

·         Decide what kind of essay to write.

·         Brainstorm your topic.

·         Do research.

·         Develop a thesis.

·         Outline your essay.

·         Write your essay.

·         Edit your writing to check spelling and grammar.

Kinds of Essays

The first step to writing an essay is to decide what kind of essay to write. There are several main structures into which essays can be grouped:

·         Narrative Essays: Tell a story or impart information about your subject in a straightforward, orderly manner.

·         Descriptive Essays: Focus on the details of what is going on. For example, if you want to write a descriptive essay about your trip to the park, you would give great detail about what you experienced: how the grass felt beneath your feet, what the park benches looked like, and anything else the reader would need to feel as if he were there.

·         Persuasive Essay: Convince the reader of some point of view.

·         Comparative Essay: Compare two or more different things.

·         Expository Essay: Explain to the reader how to do a given process. You could, for example, write an expository essay with step-by-step instructions on how to make a peanut butter sandwich.

A lot goes in to writing a successful essay; fortunately, these tips for writing essays can help you along the way and get you on the path to a well-written essay.

All essays should include the following structure

Essay paragraphs

A paragraph is a related group of sentences that develops one main idea. Each paragraph in the body of the essay should contain:

• A topic sentence that states the main or controlling idea.
• Supporting sentences to explain and develop the point you’re making
• Evidence. Most of the time, your point should be supported by some form of evidence from your reading, or by an example drawn from the subject area.
• Analysis. Don’t just leave the evidence hanging there - analyse and interpret it! Comment on the implication/significance/impact and finish off the paragraph with a critical conclusion you have drawn from the evidence.
• a concluding sentence that restates your point, analyses the evidence or acts as a transition to the next paragraph.

Example of Essay

MY DREAM

          State College of Accountancy (Indonesian: Politeknik Keuangan Negara STAN, abbreviated as PKN STAN) is a government-affiliated college in Indonesia, located in Banten, in Bintaro Sector V Southern Tangerang. It is under the auspices of the finance ministry of the Republic of Indonesia that offers undergraduate degrees in finance. There are many facilities and advantages provided by this college so there is no wonder that many people expect to be able to study here. I am one of the fresh-graduated senior high school students who was given the opportunity to be able to study in this college. It is not an easy journey to struggle in order to be accepted at State College of Accountancy. Many people spend their time, money, and energy to realize their desire to study here. Then, if it is difficult, why do I still choose State College of Accountancy and not try to study elsewhere? What are the reasons for choosing State College of Accountancy to study?

          I have several reasons why I chose State College of Accountancy, including:

Free Tuition

State College of Accountancy is a government-affiliated college which means that the college is administered and funded by the government of Indonesia through the institution it is affiliated to. This affiliation with the government results in cost of education not being charged to the students of the college. With the free tuition fee, I hope that I can ease the burden on my parents. Because at this time, the required cost to study at another university is very expensive. The graduates of this college are obliged to serve in government institutions. Therefore, all graduates from the college will work as civil servants. I completely believe that it will provide a bright future. No wonder this college is very "hunted" by many people. As we know that nowdays finding job is adequately difficult, whereas if we study and graduate from State College of Accountancy, we will be guaranteed to get work. In hence, studying at this college is very profitable.

Pride of Parents

One of the reasons why I attended at State College of Accountancy was because my parents wanted me here. At first I did not know what the college was, even I refused if I would be asked to study here until I realized that there is no parent wanted something bad for the child. After I searched and learned about the advantages of studying in State College of Accountancy rather than studying in other universities, I began to commit and struggle to be able to study in this college. I think that studying at State College of Accountancy provides many benefits for the Diploma 1 Taxation academic agenda that I took. By studying for a year we can get the experience of internship programs, salary, job after graduation, and make our parents proud of. In addition, according to Mr. Sudirman Said said that studying in State College of Accountancy as a shorcut to improve social status for the better.

          Everyone must have eagerness to study at the best university as a means to achieve their goals. For me, studying at State College of Accountancy is one of my desires that will realize my dream of becoming a tax officer. Of course, it takes a struggle to be able to study in this college. If I can dream something, I will make it happen. Passion, fatigue, tears, hard work, all became part of my process to be able to study at State College of Accountancy. I must be diligent, focussed, or even get out of luxury of adolescence. Time is everything for me, either gold or money. So, my dreams are my main focus.

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