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Questions and answers about essays in generalI have to turn a rough draft into my Freshman Comp.I class for a narrative essay. What exactly should it be? Should it be complete without corrections? Or can it be missing details, or a conclusion sentence? A rough draft should include an introduction, body and conclusion. The basic difference between the rough draft and the final draft is that there might be additional paragraphs added in the final draft if you feel that more material is needed, you might be adding evidence to back up your assertions or quotes from authorities. You might also re-arrange the paragraphs or sentences to improve the logical sense of the essay. If your essay is too long, the final draft might have fewer paragraphs if you delete material you judge to be superfluous. Although you should be always striving for grammatical correctness, the inclusion of grammatical errors in a rough draft is not a problem as you will be able to correct them in a later revision. Your rough draft should be a readable and complete essay which you will look at critically and try to improve upon. Click here to ask a question about writing an essay.
I'm writing an essay that's asking for 1 concrete detail and 2 commentary sentences. What are those?? A concrete detail is a fact which is either common knowledge or can be backed up by a footnote. The commentary sentences are your interpretation of the importance or significance of the fact in the context of your thesis or arguments. For example: Jack Kerouac was born to french Canadian Catholic parents in Lowell Massachusetts. [facts] His religious upbringing contributes greatly to the vision he expounds through his novels. [opinion] Because he had roots outside the United States, he was able to see American society from an outsider's point of view. [opinion] Click here to ask a question about writing an essay. Question: How do I write an introduction paragraph? I like my introductory paragraphs to move from general observations toward the thesis statement. I start with some observations on the world which don't need to be footnoted because they are considered "general knowledge." These are probably the same kind of observations which the author of the text you are studied might have made and which inspired him/her to create an artistic work which examines that theme. By making your own observations through the same lens which inspired the author you can lead your reader to the idea which you are using for your thesis. See the article on five best strategies for writing an introduction. Click here to ask a question about writing an essay. Question: Could you give me advice on how to start my conclusion paragraph. I have the thesis, and the body finished and I am ready to print but what's holding me back is the conclusion or summary paragraph. I don't know how to start it off. Conclusion paragraphs are particularly tricky. Someone once told me the formula for an essay was "Tell them what you are going to tell them (introduction) then tell them what you are telling them (body) and finally tell them what you told them (conclusion.) Perhaps the essay is not so formulaic but the concluding paragraph should be some kind of summation of the materials presented in the body of the essay. You need to make sure your conclusion refers back to your thesis and the evidence you have presented. For example if I was comparing the Canadian and American systems of government and my thesis was that the US system was superior because of the fixed election dates, I might conclude as follows.
The key to a great conclusion is that you are now summing up in light of the evidence you presented. Making reference to it in the conclusion makes for a better essay. |
