How to write a(n)...essay:
How to write an opinion-based essay:
Step 1: Title
Pick a title that makes a statement. The title should give away what the topic of the essay will be and whether you agree or disagree
Step 2: Introduction
The first paragraph should convince the reader to continue to read your essay. In other words, it should get someone ‘hooked’ to the topic of your essay.
The final sentence of your introduction should be a thesis statement. This is a sentence in which you express your opinion and give the readers an idea of what the rest of the essay will be about.
Step 3: Arguments and supporting evidence
In the following paragraphs you will express your arguments, explaining how you’re defending your thesis statement. On top of that you will write about evidence that will support those arguments. This means that your opinion, can not only be supported by things you believe in, but should also be supported by facts.
Step 4: Conclusion
The conclusion of any essay sums up everything you have written in the previous paragraphs. This means you can never write about new information in a conclusion. Therefore, you only summarize everything you have written about in the essay and conclude why your thesis statement is correct.
Assigment: go to www.dutchnews.nl and pick a news article of your interest. Copy and Paste it to a word document, summarize it in Dutch and write a 200-word opinion-based essay about this topic.(3-4 paragraph body)
What is a narative essay?:
A narative essay is an essay about a real-life experience.
It could be about a life-changing moments, or a process that has shaped you etc.
First person:
The narrative essay is the only essay in which you can write from a first-person perspective (using I...) and should be written in a very vivid way.
Readers should feel as though they're part of the story.
Your goal is to intrique your readers with your story.
How to write an expository essay:
What is an expository essay?
An expository essay is purely based on facts, statistics and experiments. There is no room for emotions, or personal points of view. In most cases, this is the kind of essay that is written after 'research'.
For this assigment you are going to pick a subject that you would like to do a little bit of research on. For example: the effects of online teaching during the pandemic. You will gather evidence-based information on the topic of your choice and write an essay about the outcomes of your mini-research.
Introduction
In your introduction you will introduce the topic of your essay, including the reason why you wanted to research this (without writing from a personal perspective)
Body
Use your 3 paragraph body to write about the outcomes of your mini-research. Try to mention 2 outcomes that support eachother, and 1 result that contradicts these statements.
Use a seperate paragraph for each statement.
Conclusion
Finish your essay with a conclusion and a suggestion for further research. Also mension why further research is necessary.
Ways to add structure to your essay:
The essay checklist:
