Essay Planning


Planning your essay is an essential stage in producing a good essay. Essay writing is a journey in which you, as a writer, take your reader along a structured path from a) to b). The better your essay plan, the better your final essay is likely to be.

How do I go about planning an essay?

How should I begin?

Are there rules about structuring an essay?
How should I go about the research and writing?
How should I begin?

Before you start on the essay itself, it is essential to look carefully at the initial requirements.
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Introduction 10%,
Conclusion 10%,
Use of literature 25%,
Knowledge 20%,
Ethical Reasoning 15%
Critical Analysis 20%




It’s essential to spend time reflecting on what the essay topic asks you to do and reading the specific assignment guidelines.
Note any key terms.
Do you need to explain any of them in your introduction?
Are there several tasks?
Are you asked to compare or contrast separate things?
What criteria of evaluation will you use?


The first step is to know what is expected of you and then you can begin thinking about the structure and planning the preparation.


Essay Writing Activity


Activity Overview
Account for: Give reasons for, explain why something happens.

Analyse: Break up into parts; examine in close detail, identify key points and main features.

Compare: Look for similarities and differences between; possibly; conclude which is preferable.

Contrast:Set two or more opposing arguments in order to identify the differences. If appropriate give reasons why one may be preferable.

Critically Evaluate:Weigh arguments for and against, assessing the strengths and limitations on both sides. Use literature to guide your discussion as to which views are preferable.

Define: Clearly state the meaning(s) of a word or phrase.

Describe: Give the main characteristics or features of something, outline the main events.

Description: See describe

Discuss: investigate or examine by argument; sift and debate; give reasons for and against; consider the implications.

Evaluate: Assess the worth, importance or usefulness of something ie theories or opinions by using evidence. Support the judgment by discussing evidence and reasoning.

Examine: Look closely in detail.

Explain: Make clear why something happens / is the way it is.

Explore: Examine thoroughly; consider from various viewpoints.

Interpret: Make clear and explicit giving examples of evidence.

Justify: Show adequate grounds why a decision or conclusions were made; consider the objections others might make.

Outline: Give the main features or general principles of a subject, omitting minor details and emphasizing structure and interrelations.

Relate: Show similarities and connections between two or more things and to what extent they are alike and affect each other.

State: Present in brief, clear form -like a simple list But written in sentence format.

Summarise: Give a concise account of the main points of a matter, omitting details and examples .



Are there rules about structuring an essay?


If you have thought carefully about the topic and what you are being asked to do, this step shouldn’t take too long. Ask yourself how you intend to set about doing what you have been asked to do and make a note of the order in which you want to proceed. When you have done that, check to make sure that your outline will allow you to cover everything you need to do. Using spider diagrams or mind maps can help structure your thoughts and ideas.
An academic essay is, in essence, similar in structure to essays that you have probably produced in the past. It consists of:

.An introduction, in which you set out your aims or rationale and an interpretation of the essay title.

.A main body in which the argument is developed.

.A conclusion which summarises the main points of the essay and may make some recommendations for practice.
It is a process in which you come to terms with a topic by collecting relevant information, ordering it and drawing a set of carefully considered conclusions.

Essay Planning Activity

You are asked to write a 3,000-word essay. - Draft an outline plan for each section, using the word limit to break down and structure the content.

Example of the break-down of an essay
Introduction
About 250 words.
What this essay will cover / focus on. How it will meet the criteria.

Main Text

Approx. 2250 words.
Tell the reader what to expect in the order you present the information.

Paragraphs

General advice is about 150 words or 5 sentences per paragraph - A total of some 15 paragraphs.
Set out in logical sequenced order. Link one paragraph to the next. Meet the criteria. Use evidence to support the discussion.

Conclusion

About 500 words.
This should sum up your discussion. Sum up how you have demonstrated you have met the criteria. Draw key themes together. Make recommendations if required. Make it conclude.

Source: HSC StudentNet.

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What do you mean by use of litrrature? Please elaborate this point

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1600 words, at the least.This is according to my personal experience of CSS.

Literature here means pieces of writing on a particular subject.

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