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This document provides a 9 step process for writing the perfect essay. It begins with a template that includes selecting a topic, brainstorming ideas, choosing a title, writing an engaging introduction, and supporting the main idea with facts. It then lists additional easy steps which include creating a "picture perfect summary" to organize ideas, drafting the beginning, middle, and end separately, editing the draft, and having others proofread before finalizing. The goal is to engage the reader, support the main point, and tie everything together cohesively.

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To Write The Perfect Essay in 9 Easy Steps By Pat Wyman on August 25, 2011 Everyone has the ability to write the perfect essay. The ideas are inside your childs or students brain just waiting to be put on paper in a form that everyone can read. The following is an excerpt from the book Instant Learning for Amazing Grades. Schools and home-schools require essay writing, so do colleges and college entrance exams, so, why not learn a few simple tips to make essay writing easy? Below is a template, followed by 9 additional easy steps on how to write the perfect essay every time. Template for Excellent Essays 1.Write down the topic you are writing about simple, straightforward.Example: Amazing Grades 2. Brainstorm ideas that someone interested in your topic would also be interested in. This helps you think of related ideas. Example: Motivating yourself instantly Cut learning time in half; higher grades in 14 days High Performance Memory Strategies 3. Select a title for your essay like, Tips for x, or Top 10 Things You Must Do If You Want Y, etc. Example: How to Create Higher Grades in 14 Days Using Your Childs Personal Learning Style 4. Pretend your reader knows absolutely nothing about your topic. What is the first sentence you would use to give them peak their interest? Perhaps it might be a question, or a simple statement. Example: Would you like to have higher grades in 14 days? 5. Keeping in mind your title, explain why you are taking the position you take, or why you believe your title to be true. This is the part where you use as many facts to support your idea as possible. Write several sentences, using some of the brainstorms you had in step 2.
Example: Learning can be tough, but you dont have to do it alone. Many learning experts say that learning is not about being smart its about strategy. These experts show you how with xxx 6. After youve written your supporting ideas and facts, go back and ask yourself if you would like to write a short introductory paragraph. 7. Then ask yourself if you would like to write a conclusion tying everything together. 8. Congratulate yourself youve just written an excellent essay! 9 More Easy Steps to Perfect Essays Every Time a. First, create a Picture Perfect Summary. Put your title/main idea in the center of the page, make a circle around it and write down all the ideas and key words about your topic that you can think of. Use one branch off the circle for each main idea. Youre brainstorming at this point so just write down any ideas that come into your mind. (Thats how I write magazine and news articles and books too)! b. Look over your Summary of ideas and key words. Organize them into groups. Make sure that each group reflects the topic or question that youre writing about. c. Divide your groups into the three main parts of the essay the beginning, middle and the end. Your beginning has to be snazzy to make your reader want to read more. The middle develops and supports your main topic. Back everything you say up with facts, quotations, evidence. The end will give a clever answer or summary to the original question or idea that you started with and tie up those loose ends. d. Draft your essay get on the computer and start in the middle. Thats how I wrote this book! Give each idea its own paragraph, dont worry about style and spelling at this point. You can check this later. Your Picture Perfect Summary is your guide. Use all the ideas that you decided were important. e. Now proceed to write the ending. Make sure it sums up your answer/summary to the main topic/question. Look back at the draft of the middle. Write down the 5 or 10 most important key words. Find the shortest way to link them together this is called your ending. 7. Now, draft the beginning. It will be the overall big picture of what youre going to say. Theres an old saying from my college days English class: Tell em what youre going to say, tell em, tell em what you said! This beginning is very important to set the stage make sure its catchy and makes the reader interested in what you have to say. 8. Now, go to bed and get some rest. Give the ideas a chance to process in your brain. Tomorrow youll notice a few more points to talk about and think of additional ways to say things.
9. Author, Colin Rose, says, EDIT Excellent Draft, Inspirational Text read the whole essay aloud to yourself. Tape record it if you can. Does it sound logical and convincing? Your are on your way to understanding how to write the perfect essay. Are your examples bringing your ideas to life? Check the beginning is it awesome does it make sense? Edit the beginning, middle and end check spelling and grammar. Have someone else proofread it too. Now check the middle. Did everything you said relate to the main topic or question? Is it convincing? Go to your ending. Edit it is it punchy? This is the place to really put on your thinking cap. Did you really convince your reader?? Polish up how the essay looks Is it neat, organized, well written? Are you satisfied that it does the job you started out to do? Only you can be the judge of this. Your essay reflects how you think do you like the way it came out? If so, turn it in and you now know how to write the perfect essay.

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  • 1. To Write The Perfect Essay in 9 Easy Steps By Pat Wyman on August 25, 2011 Everyone has the ability to write the perfect essay. The ideas are inside your childs or students brain just waiting to be put on paper in a form that everyone can read. The following is an excerpt from the book Instant Learning for Amazing Grades. Schools and home-schools require essay writing, so do colleges and college entrance exams, so, why not learn a few simple tips to make essay writing easy? Below is a template, followed by 9 additional easy steps on how to write the perfect essay every time. Template for Excellent Essays 1.Write down the topic you are writing about simple, straightforward.Example: Amazing Grades 2. Brainstorm ideas that someone interested in your topic would also be interested in. This helps you think of related ideas. Example: Motivating yourself instantly Cut learning time in half; higher grades in 14 days High Performance Memory Strategies 3. Select a title for your essay like, Tips for x, or Top 10 Things You Must Do If You Want Y, etc. Example: How to Create Higher Grades in 14 Days Using Your Childs Personal Learning Style 4. Pretend your reader knows absolutely nothing about your topic. What is the first sentence you would use to give them peak their interest? Perhaps it might be a question, or a simple statement. Example: Would you like to have higher grades in 14 days? 5. Keeping in mind your title, explain why you are taking the position you take, or why you believe your title to be true. This is the part where you use as many facts to support your idea as possible. Write several sentences, using some of the brainstorms you had in step 2.
  • 2. Example: Learning can be tough, but you dont have to do it alone. Many learning experts say that learning is not about being smart its about strategy. These experts show you how with xxx 6. After youve written your supporting ideas and facts, go back and ask yourself if you would like to write a short introductory paragraph. 7. Then ask yourself if you would like to write a conclusion tying everything together. 8. Congratulate yourself youve just written an excellent essay! 9 More Easy Steps to Perfect Essays Every Time a. First, create a Picture Perfect Summary. Put your title/main idea in the center of the page, make a circle around it and write down all the ideas and key words about your topic that you can think of. Use one branch off the circle for each main idea. Youre brainstorming at this point so just write down any ideas that come into your mind. (Thats how I write magazine and news articles and books too)! b. Look over your Summary of ideas and key words. Organize them into groups. Make sure that each group reflects the topic or question that youre writing about. c. Divide your groups into the three main parts of the essay the beginning, middle and the end. Your beginning has to be snazzy to make your reader want to read more. The middle develops and supports your main topic. Back everything you say up with facts, quotations, evidence. The end will give a clever answer or summary to the original question or idea that you started with and tie up those loose ends. d. Draft your essay get on the computer and start in the middle. Thats how I wrote this book! Give each idea its own paragraph, dont worry about style and spelling at this point. You can check this later. Your Picture Perfect Summary is your guide. Use all the ideas that you decided were important. e. Now proceed to write the ending. Make sure it sums up your answer/summary to the main topic/question. Look back at the draft of the middle. Write down the 5 or 10 most important key words. Find the shortest way to link them together this is called your ending. 7. Now, draft the beginning. It will be the overall big picture of what youre going to say. Theres an old saying from my college days English class: Tell em what youre going to say, tell em, tell em what you said! This beginning is very important to set the stage make sure its catchy and makes the reader interested in what you have to say. 8. Now, go to bed and get some rest. Give the ideas a chance to process in your brain. Tomorrow youll notice a few more points to talk about and think of additional ways to say things.
  • 3. 9. Author, Colin Rose, says, EDIT Excellent Draft, Inspirational Text read the whole essay aloud to yourself. Tape record it if you can. Does it sound logical and convincing? Your are on your way to understanding how to write the perfect essay. Are your examples bringing your ideas to life? Check the beginning is it awesome does it make sense? Edit the beginning, middle and end check spelling and grammar. Have someone else proofread it too. Now check the middle. Did everything you said relate to the main topic or question? Is it convincing? Go to your ending. Edit it is it punchy? This is the place to really put on your thinking cap. Did you really convince your reader?? Polish up how the essay looks Is it neat, organized, well written? Are you satisfied that it does the job you started out to do? Only you can be the judge of this. Your essay reflects how you think do you like the way it came out? If so, turn it in and you now know how to write the perfect essay.