Essay writing

1. Essay Writing
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2. Essay Questions
 Essay questions will typically have two
parts;
 Describe
 Explain
 You already know how to write these
kinds of paragraphs 
 You need to address both parts of the
question in your answer.

3. Detailed Structure
Introduction
Describe paragraph
Explain paragraph
Explain paragraph
Conclusion

4. Introduction
 Introduce the text and author- remember
the title should be underlined or in
quotation marks.
 Use key words from the essay question.
 Introduce the main points you will make
in your essay.
 We will write the framework for
introduction for your first essay
together.

5. Paragraph Structure
Reminder
Statement- topic sentence which
uses key words from the question
and introduces your point
Example- a quote from the text,
remember to give context.
Explanation- Explain how your
evidence support your point
Link- back to the question/to the
wider world.

6. Describe Paragraph
Your first body paragraph should
describe whatever the question asks
you about.
That means that you should be using
adjectives
You must also provide evidence from
the text to support your description-
preferably a quote- but details from
the text are also acceptable.

7. Explain Paragraphs
You need to have two explain
paragraphs.
These paragraphs must discuss
two different things.
This is the part of your essay
where you answer the second,
“explain” half of the question.

8. Conclusion
The point of a conclusion is to
summarise your essay. You need to:
Restate the points you have made in
your essay.
Use key words from the essay
question.
Conclude with a final statement about
why the text is important, interesting
or worth reading.

9. Our Essay Question
Describe an important character
in the text. Explain how the
character helps you to
understand a main idea in the
text.
Copy down the question and
underline the key words.

10. Planning
Before you start writing you
need to plan your essay.
Your plan should outline the
points you will make in each
paragraph and the evidence
you will use.

11. Planning Your Essay
 You now need to write a plan for your
essay.
 Choose a character to describe- think of
several ways you can describe them and
record the evidence you will use.
 Think of TWO ways or things about the
they they help you to understand. Record
the evidence you will use to support these
points.