What is an component of a descriptive essay?

Answer 1

One way of setting out a Essay is to have first, an introduction followed by 3-5 or more paragraphs, then a conclusion.

The introduction is a breif description of the Essay itself, and what it contains with minimal detail.

The paragraphs can be structured as you want but the template I use is the SEXR template. This Template Works almost exactly the same way as the Essay.

1. Statement: Equivelant of the Introduction
2. Explanation: Broadens the perspective of the statement giving actual detail.
3. Example: Give an example of the what the Statement and Explanation say either through a quote from a/the text or real events.
4. Restatement: Is fairly obvious, just repeat the statement in a way that makes you look smart.

Depending on the topic you may have to structure it differently but it should all be quite simmilar.

You also may need a lot more paragraphs to cover a broader or more complicated subject. Although, this can often be a redundant practice, due to most topics having a "base structure" of which you can usually pull 3 main points.

Then the conclusion is the same as the restatement in relation to the statemnt where you simply repeat the intro but change it to make it sound as if you learned something in the proccess of writing the essay.

Tips:

• Never write in 1st person, always write essays in 3rd person. This is not your opinion, it is what happened.
• Try to stay on topic. Remember, if your writing a essay on evoloution, the reader doesn't want to hear you drone on about the different species of monkies and apes. You can although make a small comment about some species evolving quicker or something like that.
• Be careful about trying to be funny or entertaining for the same reason above but also, if your going to then make them at the most one per paragraph, never in the intro or conclusion and make them so they relate to the topic of the paragraph

I hope that this helps and that it is comprehensive and understandible.

Good luck with your Essay.