Discursive Essay

The first step when starting your Discursive Essay

• Plan your essay

• Write out a draft essay

• Read and Analyse the question

• Write the introduction

What is the purpose of an introduction in a Discursive Essay

• To contain new ideas

• To introduce the main points of the essay

• To rehearse the points rejected in the essay

• To contradict the argument in the rest of the essay

What should the conclusion of an essay NOT contain?

• Logical follow-up from the points made

• New ideas

• Rehearsed points

• Contradictions to the introduction

What should be used to support a point in an essay?

• Evidence

• Personal opinions

• Contractions

• Text language

What should be used to explain how evidence supports a point in an essay?

• Topic sentences

• Extreme adjectives

• Colloquialisms

• Explanations

Your argument should be clear in

• The introduction

• The introduction and body and mentioned in the conclusion

• The body

• The conclusion

The conclusion includes Anything that you forgot to mention earlier in the text?

• True

• False

What phrase can you use to begin the conclusion?

• To start,

• Firstly,

• To sum up,

• On the other hand,

What is the main objective of a discursive essay?

• To express personal opinions

• To present both sides of an argument

• To provide examples and evidence

• To use creative language

What should be included in the body paragraphs of a discursive essay?

• Personal opinions

• Examples, evidence, and an interim conclusion

• Creative language

• Introduction of the topic