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Writing an essay becomes far simpler once you get the hang of what you need to achieve within each paragraph. While the detail of this obviously changes between paragraphs and between essays, the broad structure can remain the same. When planning your essay, try basing each paragraph around the simple acronym, PEE -- P - E - E.
P is for Point. Start your paragraph by explaining the idea you are introducing. How does this paragraph develop your work? Try to avoid stating the obvious here, and make sure that your point relates to the plan you outlined in your introduction.
E is for Evidence. Once you have established the point you are making you will need to provide proof. This might be a quote from your primary text, reference to a secondary critic, supporting statistics or even the explanation of a logical progression.
E is also for Explanation. This might be an explanation of your evidence, of how it relates to your point, and/or where it takes your argument. This is where your personal interpretation comes in. The explanation should help to build towards your final conclusion.
So, to write a well-structured paragraph, you simply need to PEE. But it only remains effective if it avoids being formulaic -- be flexible and vary the lengths of your sentences. Also, remember that the separate paragraphs need to work together, so the explanation of one should lead into the point of the next.
This is also another link for explaining the process. The examples are not very helpful as it doesn't deal with English Literature, but you will get the idea of how it should be done. It's very detailed so read it step-by-step and understand it.
The idea is that you interweave the quote into your text. For example,
Lord Goring seems to be the voice of reason at this point, explaining to Lady Chiltern how men and women "love differently"... (I don't think that's a real quote but never mind! You get the picture!)
Writing an essay becomes far simpler once you get the hang of what you need to achieve within each paragraph. While the detail of this obviously changes between paragraphs and between essays, the broad structure can remain the same. When planning your essay, try basing each paragraph around the simple acronym, PEE -- P - E - E.
P is for Point. Start your paragraph by explaining the idea you are introducing. How does this paragraph develop your work? Try to avoid stating the obvious here, and make sure that your point relates to the plan you outlined in your introduction.
E is for Evidence. Once you have established the point you are making you will need to provide proof. This might be a quote from your primary text, reference to a secondary critic, supporting statistics or even the explanation of a logical progression.
E is also for Explanation. This might be an explanation of your evidence, of how it relates to your point, and/or where it takes your argument. This is where your personal interpretation comes in. The explanation should help to build towards your final conclusion.
So, to write a well-structured paragraph, you simply need to PEE. But it only remains effective if it avoids being formulaic -- be flexible and vary the lengths of your sentences. Also, remember that the separate paragraphs need to work together, so the explanation of one should lead into the point of the next.
This is also another link for explaining the process. The examples are not very helpful as it doesn't deal with English Literature, but you will get the idea of how it should be done. It's very detailed so read it step-by-step and understand it.
The idea is that you interweave the quote into your text. For example,
Lord Goring seems to be the voice of reason at this point, explaining to Lady Chiltern how men and women "love differently"... (I don't think that's a real quote but never mind! You get the picture!)
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