Introduction to essay writing

Introduction to essay writing

Prof. Juan Chamorro Arenas Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, 2022

Open Ended

How much do you know about essays?

Poll

Did you do the first step of the assignment?

• yes

• no

• yes, but it's incomplete

• I don't know...

Open Ended

What do you need to study more in order to write your essay more effectively?

Let's review some key concepts

Prof. Juan Chamorro Arenas Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, 2022

Introduction - Body - Conclusion

Essays characteristics

Essays make a claim and defend it with evidence

They use formal language

The ideas in an essay should follow an order

Your own ideas...

Open Ended

Say something that you know about essays (check your notes)

Poll

Do you know more about essays now?

• yes

• a little bit

• no