Creating a Formal Essay

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Creating a Formal Essay

• (The RIGHT Way)

By Mrs. Elias
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Pre-Writing

• Research
• Organization diagrams
• Fat P 123
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FAT P 123

• Format how is it written
• Audience to who
• Topic what it is about
• Purpose why it was written
• 1 first point (with supporting evidence)
• 2 second point (with supporting evidence)
• 3 third point (with supporting evidence)

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Drafting

• Draft in class
• Explanation of paragraph
• Examples modeled
• Practice writing

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Editing

• I have proofread my work for errors in
• Capitalization Punctuation Spelling
  Paragraph Structure Grammar Vocabulary
  Complete Sentences

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• Revising
• (more than one time)

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MLA Format


Compare and Contrast Essay By (your
name) (indent)__________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
___________________________
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Thesis Statement

• is a road map for the paper in other words, it
  tells the reader what to expect from the rest of
  the paper
• is usually a single sentence somewhere in your
  first paragraph that presents your viewpoints to
  the reader. The rest of the paper, the body of
  the essay, gathers and organizes evidence that
  will inform the reader of the facts

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Tense Conflicts

• Whichever tense you begin with, you must use that
  same tense throughout the essay.
• (Example Past or Present)
• -Bob watched the football game
• -Bob watches the football game

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Examples of Transitions
Clearly, Furthermore, However, Nonetheless, In regards to Consequently, Thus, Hence, Thus, Hence, So, Finally, Overall, Lastly, For example, For instance, Most noticeably, In the story/poem/book/chapter, As seen in the story, In fact, In addition, Another example/instance, To begin with, As presented by the author,
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More transitions.

• compare
• similarly
• than
• either
• or
• like
• as
• and
• also
• likewise
• neither
• nor

contrast however unlike opposed
to but instead yet, nevertheless in contrast
to although
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I, We, Me, You, My, Us
Dont
Cant
Couldnt
CONTRACTIONS
Shouldnt
Wont
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No Nos

• No first person or use of I or My
• You are the expert, state the facts
• Stay away from You as well

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Final Thought.

• PROOFREAD!!!