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1. Assignment Eldorado???. 2. Bookreports???. Essay Writing. Essay Writing. Main points for Essay Writing. Most important: the essay has a clear structure. Start with an anecdote as an introductory. Write pros or cons (or both).
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1. Assignment Eldorado??? 2. Bookreports???
Essay Writing Main points for Essay Writing Most important: the essay has a clear structure Start with an anecdote as an introductory Write pros or cons (or both) Write elements that prove your title, possibly with illustrations End with a conclusion
Essay Writing Essay assignment 101: Practising Sports at Elite Levels • You have read the article ‘Pushed to the Max’. • Now write an essay (300-350 words) with the following title: • Practising Sports at Elite Levels: A New Form of Child Abuse? • Use the information page on sentence connectors (TB 226). • Division of your essay: • Introduction • Body (with 1 argument per paragraph) • Conclusion • Sentence connectors: • http://esl.about.com/od/writingintermediate/a/w_connectors.htm
Essay Writing A Practical Guide • clear focus on the set topic • deal as fully as possible with its central concerns • recognise the assumptions and implications underlying the actual wording of the topic and take account of them in the course of your essay • focus consistently on the key ideas and terms throughout your essay • cover all the parts of the set topic • select only points which are directly relevant to your topic and your argument • structure the material so that the main ideas are presented logically and coherently • ensure that each section of your argument is internally consistent • take into account alternative points of view or interpretations • in the exam you should analyse and plan each answer clearly before you start writing it