Alt\u00adhough the basic requi\u00adre\u00adments for a good essay are well known, they are often for\u00adgot\u00adten or negle\u00adc\u00adted in the heat of the moment, when stu\u00addents are cal\u00adled upon to wri\u00adte one in an exami\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon. It would, the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre, seem oppor\u00adtu\u00adne to begin this essay on essay wri\u00adting with a swift recoll\u00adec\u00adtion of exact\u00adly what tho\u00adse requi\u00adre\u00adments are. First\u00adly, at the level of struc\u00adtu\u00adre, the essay wri\u00adter is bound to a strict for\u00admat with litt\u00adle scope for varia\u00adti\u00adon: intro\u00adduc\u00adtion, the main body of the argu\u00adment, and the con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon. Second\u00adly, with regard to the style and the way of wri\u00adting, no less rigo\u00adrous cri\u00adte\u00adria have to be obser\u00adved. The wri\u00adter of an essay is expec\u00adted to use stan\u00addard, if not for\u00admal, Eng\u00adlish and to avo\u00adid col\u00adlo\u00adquia\u00adlisms and any\u00adthing that might be con\u00adside\u00adred \u2018chat\u00adty\u2019 or typi\u00adcal only of the spo\u00adken lan\u00adguage. Third\u00adly, the wri\u00adting of an essay requi\u00adres that spe\u00adcial atten\u00adti\u00adon be paid to the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a clear, logi\u00adcal and tight\u00adly-knit line of argu\u00adment which lea\u00adves the rea\u00adder in no doubt as to the writer\u2019s point of view and the reasons under\u00adly\u00ading it.<\/p>\n
If we con\u00adsider first of all the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion to the essay, one point is of supre\u00adme importance. The pur\u00adpo\u00adse of the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion is to make clear to the rea\u00adder from the out\u00adset what lies in store for him. Alt\u00adhough the\u00adre are seve\u00adral ways of achie\u00adving this aim, some would seem to be less hel\u00adpful than others. The wide\u00adspread prac\u00adti\u00adce of sim\u00adply regur\u00adgi\u00adta\u00adting the exami\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon ques\u00adti\u00adon more or less ver\u00adba\u00adtim, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, baf\u00adf\u00adles the rea\u00adder who has just read that very the task hims\u00adelf and pro\u00advi\u00addes him with litt\u00adle infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about the cour\u00adse the wri\u00adter intends to pur\u00adsue. In con\u00adtrast, the\u00adre is much to be said for the idea of using the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion to give the rea\u00adder an inkling of what the rest of the essay is about by let\u00adting him know the essay writer\u2019s gene\u00adral opi\u00adni\u00adon on the sub\u00adject to be dealt with. In an essay inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adting the vali\u00addi\u00adty of a quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, for ins\u00adtance, the most obvious thing to do in the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion would be to make clear to what ext\u00adent one agrees or dis\u00adagrees with the aut\u00adhor of the quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. In this way, the rea\u00adder would be put in the right frame of mind with which to approach the rest of the essay, expec\u00adting to encoun\u00adter par\u00adti\u00adal, con\u00adsidera\u00adble or who\u00adle\u00adhe\u00adar\u00adted agree\u00adment with the quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon or, con\u00adver\u00adse\u00adly, litt\u00adle, exten\u00adsi\u00adve or com\u00adple\u00adte disagreement.<\/p>\n
The main body of the essay should be devo\u00adted to the various indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal aspects of the sub\u00adject under dis\u00adcus\u00adsion. In the case of an essay based on a quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, the dif\u00adfe\u00adrent claims made by the aut\u00adhor quo\u00adted could be sub\u00adjec\u00adted to scru\u00adti\u00adny with one para\u00adgraph dedi\u00adca\u00adted to each asser\u00adti\u00adon. In the absence of a quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, the exami\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon ques\u00adti\u00adon its\u00adelf might turn out, on clo\u00adser inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon, to yield sui\u00adta\u00adble topics for each of the para\u00adgraphs in the main body.<\/p>\n
The con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon of the essay is pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly the most dif\u00adfi\u00adcult part to pro\u00advi\u00adde hard-and-fast advice on. Nevert\u00adhel\u00adess, two points should be high\u00adligh\u00adted in con\u00adnec\u00adtion with the con\u00adclu\u00adding para\u00adgraph. First\u00adly, it should round off the essay in some way, lea\u00adving the rea\u00adder in no doubt that the final part of the writer\u2019s line of argu\u00adment has been rea\u00adched, and, if pos\u00adsi\u00adble, pro\u00advi\u00adding some kind of infe\u00adrence from or sum\u00adming-up of things alre\u00ada\u00addy sta\u00adted befo\u00adre. Second\u00adly, the con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon should not mere\u00adly repro\u00addu\u00adce what has alre\u00ada\u00addy been said \u2013 for exam\u00adp\u00adle, in the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion \u2013 but should offer some new insight. One pos\u00adsi\u00adble way of full\u00adfil\u00adling both of the\u00adse requi\u00adre\u00adments would be to finish off <\/em>the essay with an expl\u00adana\u00adti\u00adon for the opi\u00adni\u00adon expres\u00adsed in the pre\u00adce\u00adding para\u00adgraphs. In the case of the assess\u00adment of a view put for\u00adward in a quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, such an expl\u00adana\u00adti\u00adon could be lin\u00adked to the per\u00adson of the aut\u00adhor of the quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon or to the time and place of wri\u00adting. For exam\u00adp\u00adle, it would hard\u00adly be sur\u00adpri\u00adsing for Wes\u00adtern Euro\u00adpeans wri\u00adting at the begin\u00adning of the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry to find them\u00adsel\u00adves in com\u00adple\u00adte dis\u00adagree\u00adment with a South Afri\u00adcan poli\u00adti\u00adci\u00adan pro\u00adpoun\u00adding the racist doc\u00adtri\u00adnes of the Apart\u00adheid regime in the 1960s.<\/p>\n On the ques\u00adti\u00adon of the style and way of wri\u00adting to which the wri\u00adter of an essay should aspi\u00adre it is much easier to offer clear-cut advice. The lan\u00adguage of the essay should con\u00adform to the norms of stan\u00addard writ\u00adten Eng\u00adlish and should be for\u00admal rather than infor\u00admal. Short forms such as \u2018can\u2019t, he\u2019s, I\u2019ve\u2019 must be writ\u00adten out in full. Like\u00adwi\u00adse, slang and col\u00adlo\u00adquial expres\u00adsi\u00adons nor\u00admal\u00adly have no place in an essay. \u2018Kids\u2019 must beco\u00adme \u2018child\u00adren\u2019, \u2018awe\u00adso\u00adme gear\u2019 must turn into \u2018impres\u00adsi\u00adve atti\u00adre\u2019. (Even in a for\u00admal essay, the\u00adre may, howe\u00adver, be cir\u00adcum\u00ads\u00adtances in which it is appro\u00adpria\u00adte to fall back on an infor\u00admal term, which, in such cases, should be enc\u00adlo\u00adsed by inver\u00adted com\u00admas. In an essay on the importance of tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon to the Bri\u00adtish working clas\u00adses in the 1950s and 1960s, for ins\u00adtance, it would be stran\u00adge if the word \u2018tel\u00adly\u2019 did not occur at some point, as the word its\u00adelf is part of the topic.) In addi\u00adti\u00adon to mee\u00adting the demands of writ\u00adten Eng\u00adlish con\u00adcer\u00adning spel\u00adling and voca\u00adbu\u00adla\u00adry, the essay wri\u00adter must also ful\u00adfil cer\u00adtain expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons regar\u00adding syn\u00adtax. Alt\u00adhough para\u00adta\u00adxis, the strin\u00adging tog\u00ade\u00adther of simp\u00adle main clau\u00adses, is per\u00adfect\u00adly accep\u00adta\u00adble in spo\u00adken Eng\u00adlish, whe\u00adre it does not cau\u00adse any rai\u00adsed eye\u00adbrows, hypo\u00adta\u00adxis, the use of sub\u00ador\u00addi\u00adna\u00adte clau\u00adses and com\u00adplex sen\u00adtence struc\u00adtures, is defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly a dri\u00adving force in the for\u00admal essay.<\/p>\n Inti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly lin\u00adked to the importance of the use of com\u00adplex syn\u00adtax in the essay is the final point I wish to deal with \u2013 the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a clear, logi\u00adcal and tight\u00adly-knit line of argu\u00adment. This can be achie\u00adved in seve\u00adral ways. First\u00adly, the divi\u00adsi\u00adon of the essay into para\u00adgraphs intro\u00addu\u00adced by topic sen\u00adten\u00adces and devo\u00adted to one par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar sub\u00adject each gives the rea\u00adder a clear gui\u00adde to the over\u00adall struc\u00adtu\u00adre of the argu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. Second\u00adly, the use of appro\u00adpria\u00adte con\u00adjunc\u00adtions and other con\u00adnec\u00adti\u00adves indi\u00adca\u00adtes the logi\u00adcal links bet\u00adween the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal points in the chain of argu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. Last\u00adly, the use of striking examp\u00adles to illus\u00adtra\u00adte each indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal argu\u00adment can great\u00adly enhan\u00adce the cla\u00adri\u00adty and effec\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness of the essay as a who\u00adle and ther\u00adeby increase the likeli\u00adhood of con\u00advin\u00adcing the reader.<\/p>\n In con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon, it must be admit\u00adted that the task of ful\u00adfil\u00adling all the requi\u00adre\u00adments of a for\u00admal essay may seem very daun\u00adting inde\u00aded, and when today I reread my first attempts at the \u2018gen\u00adre\u2019 as a young under\u00adgra\u00addua\u00adte, I can only blush with shame. Howe\u00adver, expe\u00adri\u00adence has taught me that prac\u00adti\u00adce in this field as in many others, even if it does not always make per\u00adfect, usual\u00adly leads to con\u00adsidera\u00adble impro\u00adve\u00adments. And the\u00adre I rest my case.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alt\u00adhough the basic requi\u00adre\u00adments for a good essay are well known, they are often for\u00adgot\u00adten or negle\u00adc\u00adted in the heat of the moment, when stu\u00addents are cal\u00adled upon to wri\u00adte one in an exami\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon. 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