Essay Writing Guide

A good essay gives a clearly structured answer to the question posted in the introduction.

Successful guide for creating academic essay

  1. General notes on construction
  2. For essays it is not usual to choose sections with headings. The essay should be a continuous text with paragraphs, of course. The essay usually contains a brief introduction, a thesis and its discussion and a conclusion. However, there is no strict recipe for the classification of an essay. The essay should be an agreement with oneself. Basically, an essay contains the following: Introduction (a guide to the topic of the essay, question or problem), main part (presentation of own position / core statement, development of one 's own argumentation), conclusion (summary of the perspectives / arguments;Conclusion), Literature (used literature).

  3. Quotations and sources in the text
  4. Essays do not require extensive quotations, footnotes and marginal notes. As a rule, essays do not contain any further sources and / or references. Also, an essay without its own questioning, thesis and plausible reasoning is not an essay. The questioning and the argumentation must be clear before you get to the point of writing. For this purpose the underlying texts have to be processed exactly. You have to emphasize the important information for your own argumentation and to arrange them the right way. It is not a question of simply reproducing texts, but of communicating with them. The representation of the theory, facts, and arguments. Is this conclusive? Wherein is this text different from other texts? Your own thesis should finally be plausible, provable, and humble.

  5. Introduction
  6. The first sentences of an essay should briefly and succinctly express what the theme is, but leave some space for guessing, to generate curiosity among the readers. So you should try to represent pointedly what it is. The introduction introduces the topic and the questioning of the text. The point of view under which the question is answered should be clarified. It is generally very useful (both for writing and reading the text), to have a concise overview of the main steps of the following reasoning, in the end of the introduction. The introduction is not about details of the argumentation, but only about the essential idea.

  7. Main part
  8. The main part contains a representation of selected core statements of the various questioning, which are summarized, analyzed or rebutted. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments? Which examples are underpinned or falsified. The focus is on the plausible explanation of one's own position, with theoretical arguments and practical and empirical examples. The attitude adopted must be well established. Make sure to structure the main part in paragraphs. It will help you with the ideas and you should be able to cover one idea in one paragraph. Make a good structure that is pleasant for the reader or your professor.

  9. Summary
  10. The key part is to briefly summarize the central argument and to draw a conclusion. Not all arguments are repeated, but they are applied to the point. Prospects for further thematic discussion can be outlined. Which questions should be pursued? What consequences or results come from the analysis? You should state your opinion and stay objective. This will give you the opportunity to draw a really good conclusion for your essay.

By means of independent argumentation and a recognizable "thread" in the argumentation. The aim is to provide one 's own knowledge on the subject. No matter what the topic is, you should be able to analyze it and write about it. However, we have some really useful tips for you, in order to write the perfect academic essay.