Topic sentence

•One area that many students find difficult is organising their thoughts into a set of coherent flowing ideas, which follow logically from one another. One reason for this is often because of a lack of planning in the pre-drafting stage. According to Brown (2008, p.86), “writing without a plan is a recipe for disaster, and is like trying to drive around an unknown city without a map”. She also highlights the importance of starting the writing process at least a week before the assignment deadline, to allow plenty of time for revisions, re-edits and proof reading.

Essay structure in

a nutshell...

1.Tell the readers what you're going to tell them (introduction).

2.Tell them (body).

3.Tell them what you told them (conclusion).

Checklist

•Introduction flows from general to specific ending with a thesis statement

•Paragraphs all have topic sentences

•Conclusion sums up (in different words) and doesn’t include new information