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Oumh 1203 Topic 3 & 4

Essays are short written compositions on a subject. Academic essays measure students' writing skills, critical thinking, and ability to argue issues. There are descriptive, narrative, comparative, and argumentative essays. Essays involve planning, drafting, editing, and revising. The pre-writing stage includes researching the topic, gathering ideas, and outlining. Editing checks for accuracy, clarity, grammar, and mechanics. Explanation essays clarify issues, argumentation essays persuade readers, and discussion essays objectively discuss both sides of an issue. Strong essays include an introduction, body paragraphs with evidence, and a conclusion.

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Oumh 1203 Topic 3 & 4

Essays are short written compositions on a subject. Academic essays measure students' writing skills, critical thinking, and ability to argue issues. There are descriptive, narrative, comparative, and argumentative essays. Essays involve planning, drafting, editing, and revising. The pre-writing stage includes researching the topic, gathering ideas, and outlining. Editing checks for accuracy, clarity, grammar, and mechanics. Explanation essays clarify issues, argumentation essays persuade readers, and discussion essays objectively discuss both sides of an issue. Strong essays include an introduction, body paragraphs with evidence, and a conclusion.

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WHAT ARE ESSAYS?

DEFINITION
• A short literary composition on a single
subject, usually presenting the personal view
of the author
ACADEMIC ESSAY ARE USED TO;
• Measure how students fare in their writing
performance
• See students’ train of thought
• See students’ ability to argue certain issues
TYPES OF ESSAYS
• Descriptive
• Narrative
• Comparative
• argumentative
PLANNING TO WRITE
• Pre-writing
• Draft
• Editing
• Final draft/essay
PRE-WRITING STAGE
• Think about the essay topic
• Gather information
• Scribble your ideas
• Jot down (bulleted list, mind-map, outline,
etc)
EDITING STAGE
• Write essay draft
• Reread the essay and edit
• Check on accuracy of content
• Clarity of expression
• Check grammar, vocabulary, spelling,
mechanics
TYPES OF ESSAYS
• Explanation essay (start with general
statement followed by series of explanation to
support the statement)
• Argumentation essay (persuasive in nature,
argued out, restated again in conclusion)
• Discussion essay (discusses both sides of the
issue, let the readers decide)
DISCOURSE MARKERS
• Function (to signal a change in the direction of
the conversation)
• Used to focus, clarify, contrast, change the
subject, show agreement/disagreement
WRITING PARAGRAPH
• Introduction paragraph (introduces the
subject matter of the essay)
• Body paragraph or support paragraph (contain
supporting evidence, examples, quotations,
facts and other evidence)
• Concluding paragraph (summarise the whole
essay)
REMEMBER TO;
• Be concise and precise
• Revise and check for accuracy
• Ask friends to read
• Revise if needed to
TOPIC 4
• Explanation essay (to clarify or explain issues)
• Argumentation essay (provide information,
contain supporting and opposing ideas, then
persuade readers to side the author)
• Discussion essay (supported by evidence and
facts, should not be too personal, discuss
objectively)
EXPLANATION ESSAY
• Details or reasons someone gives to make
something clear
• Act or process of explaining
• A statement made to clarify something and
make it understand
• Uses simple present tense
ARGUMENTATION ESSAY
• To win readers over (agree with our says, accept the
facts, embrace our values, adopt our arguments and
way of thinking)
• Read the topic, decide whether for or against
• Introduction (general explanation of topic)
• Body (present arguments in details, convince readers,
statistics, etc)
• Conclusion (make stand clear and not confusing,
remind issue, summarise points, reemphasise
stand/opinion)
DISCUSSION ESSAY
• Discussing both sides of the issue and let
readers decide for themselves
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
• Facts
• Quotes
• Opinion of experts
• Anecdotes
• Examples
• Charts and diagrams

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