Essay writing is a journey that tries to explain and answer questions about a person’s thoughts. It forms a continuous structured, paragraphed paper that defines an area of writing, claims (Cottrell, 2008). In his work The Study Skills Handbook, Cottrell found out that the three most effective ways, of writing an English essay, involve the use of three basic parts. This essay will, for this reason, look at the three most effective ways of writing an essay in English.

Having established what an essay English paper is, this essay will now consider one of the three basic parts, the introduction. The essay introduction of any paper has to get control of the reader’s thoughts. For one to achieve these, proverbs, real or fake interesting incident, surprising information and curiosity questions. Cottrell (2008) explains that the introduction has three main purposes. Cottrell further states that a statement describing the idea of the essay is madeto establish the scope of the essay from a general to a more specific subtopic. Questions such as why, when, where, why and how to focus on the overall question that is the thesis statement. Addressing these major question, calls for a clear and specific statement made near the end of the introductory paragraph (Greetham, 2008). With this, the introduction will give a picture of the major points yet to be discussed that will possess the reader’s attention.

In addition to a good introduction, the body forms the content address to the title (Cottrell, 2008). The discussion is organized and presented in at least three body paragraphs according to the number of topics chosen. Each body paragraph forms its main idea. The body paragraphs have three main sections; the main point, the supporting statements, and the last statement relating to the next paragraph. The main point connects with the central purpose of the essay. For any effective essay, the body paragraph will often start with a topic sentence. The topic sentence forms the summary of the paragraph which reflects on the main statement summarizing the whole essay. Though the topic sentence comes after the body paragraph introduction, the topic sentence may come first (Greetham, 2008). Providing the supporting explanations, evidence, and examplesmake the most interesting part of the body paragraph. Greetham (2008) describes that explanationshave to take formal argument considering that evidence and examples to be factual information that is research-based. For this reason, referencing the sources of information is equally important. Finally, the last statement in the body paragraph relating to the next paragraph forms a bridge to the next. Cottrell (2008) established that the body takes most of the essay yet it should have three sentences depending on the writer’s decision.

In order, to summarize, the Body paragraphs, and the essay’s introduction, (Greetham, 2008) states that the conclusion should answer the main guide statement. Meaningful conclusion should be drawn from the essay findings if the conclusion summarizes the main points to create interesting parts in the body paragraph findings.Having it summarize the main points and create interesting points in the body paragraphs, the meaningful conclusion can be drawn from the essay findings. In the book, How to Write Better Essays,Greetham describes that good conclusions increase the strength of the main points. The remaining part expands out, giving the reader an idea of the importance, possible conclusions and confirms the writer’s interests.

This essay has shown the three most effective ways of writing an English essay. With an attractive introduction, detailed body paragraphs bridging with one another and a conclusion highlighting the main points forms an effective, interesting essay.

References

Cottrell, S. (2008).The Study Skills Handbook.3rd Edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Greetham, B. (2008). How to Write Better Essays.3r Edition.Basingstoke: Palgrave England.