AN OVERVIEW OF HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAYI. How is an essay structured?In order for your essay to be convincing and make sense, it needs to be presented inside a well structured piece of writing. How do you do this within the framework of an essay's general structure of Introduction, Body, Conclusion? Firstly, you need to be clear about what elements you should include within these three sections of an essay. The table below outlines these elements.Introduction General statement or orientation to topic Thesis statement Brief summary of the main topics/arguments/points made in the essay

Body paragraphs1. Topic sentence A1. supporting sentence2. supporting sentence3. supporting sentence2. Topic sentence B1. supporting sentence2. supporting sentence3. supporting sentence3. Topic sentence C1. supporting sentence2. supporting sentence3. supporting sentenceThese sentences support, expand or explain the point made in the topic sentence

ConclusionRestatement or summary of the main points made in the body paragraphs and a final comment (if appropriate)

You also need to be clear about the function of each of these essay sections.II. How to write each part of an essaya. How to write an introductionThe introduction has a couple purposes.1. Get the reader interested in your paper2. Tell the reader what you are writing about3. The introduction may explain why the topic is relevant or why you have written the paper (without saying 'I wrote this because...'. Never use "I" in an essay.Getting the reader interested in your essay is VERY important! This is the difference between an essay that gets a B and an essay that gets an A. The introduction to your essay gets people excited and interested in the topic, and to that, you must talk about the topic as thought it is exciting. If you are bored by your topic and you show it, your reader will be bored. This may not sound important, but it is.In a newspaper article, the writer wants you to be interested enough to read the article, so they start off with something exciting and maybe show a little bit of mystery. That is what you want to do in your intro.

How to write the body1. For the body of your essay, use your thesis statement to create at least two parts.2. The first part is the point of your thesis statement. The second part is your second point and so on.3. Within each section, you will use sub-points to prove your big point. This isn't as hard as it sounds.4. Start each section with a mini-thesis statement that tells the reader what that section is going to be about.b. How to write a conclusion1. Re-state your thesis statement and your three points that went with it.2. Add some new idea at the end, some kind of 'kicker' that gives the essay something special. Again, this is VERY important and the difference between a B and an A paper.3. The special bit at the end could be something that says why the topic is relevant to people today, something ironic, something poetic, or could even point out something obvious that is related to your topic. It could also call the listener into action by telling them what they can do about the topic or how it applies to the reader's own life. It could also ask a question or make the reader think about what could happen in the future with the topic.For more information, please follow the link How to write and Can U Write.III. An example of a good essayTopic: Improvements in health, education and trade are essential for the development of poorer nations. However, the governments of richer nations should take more responsibility for helping the poorer nations in such areas.Todays world has been divided into developing and industrialised countries,whichthe main difference between them is the amount of money that governments apply in important sectors such as education, health and commerce. Most of the poorer nations are buried in debts as a result of their unbalanced finances whichare reflectin afailedhealth care, an unstructured education system and a weak international trade. This vicious cycle will continue indefinitely unless wealthier nations show interest in minimizing the worldwide economic differences, as well as taking more responsibility for assisting less fortunate countries.Most of the African countries live insub-humanconditions because of the extreme poverty, upheaval, hunger, disease, unemployment, lack of education and both inexperienced and corrupt administrations. The devastating consequences of the AIDS epidemic in those countries could improve if the infected population were to receive free drugs to control the disease, have access to health professionals and get information on how to prevent its spread. But this can only be achieved through international help programs in which leaders of the worlds richest countries donate medicine and also send doctors and nurses to treat and educate those in need.Moreover, most of the poor countries rely on selling agricultural products and raw materials to rich nations and buying industrialized products from themresultingin a huge financial deficit. Consequently, they borrow a significant amount of money from the World Bank to try to improve their broken economies, but sometimes the money disappears with no significant changes and they cannot even pay the interest to the bank. Regarding this issue, last year the G8, which is comprised of leaders of the eight richest nations, decided to forgive billions of dollars worth of debt owed by the worlds poorest nations. In addition, they developed adequate loan programs to financially assist those countries.In conclusion, leaders of theindustrialisedcountries play an indispensable role in assisting developing nations in dealing with essential areas such as health, education and trade. Also, their aid is the key to breaking the vicious cycle, which results in poverty and death.For more samples, please follow this link.