1. Determine the nature of the question. This will influence the structure of your essay (ie. definitive, persuasive, etc.)
2. Decide what will be your answer to the question.
3. Make a plan for the structure of this essay, whether in outline form, bullet form, t-chart form, etc. This is called pre-writing.
4. Proceed to answer the question.
- First Paragraph (Introduction): includes a hook to draw in the readers, the statement of the question (and your position toward it), and some of the points and sub-points that you will be making to support the answer you will be giving to the question.
- Subsequent Paragraphs (Body): which includes the points and their respective sub-points, all of which refer back to the original question, and are used in support of your conclusion.
- Final Paragraph (Conclusion): restate what you just said in the essay, and answer the "so-what" question (that is, why the answering of this question is pertinent to the readers).
That is all. Good content plugged into good form makes a good essay.
