Writing an essay in English is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. The most terrible thing in the performance of any task is to look at a blank page. With the appearance of an elementary plan, even complex work ceases to seem ominously endless.
Building an essay structure is a great way to turn an empty document into a ready-to-use template. All you need to do next, fill in the blanks!
How to create a logical structure of a reasoned essay? If you select its structural basis, you can define four main elements:
Introduction;
Argumentation;
Refutation of counterarguments;
Findings.
Section 1: The introduction / introduction is the basis for the presentation of irrefutable argumentation, it contains the basic information, the "hook" and the formulation of the "thesis".
The bait is the first written sentence that should draw the reader’s attention to the work, such as the name and surname of Bruce Lee, who attract martial arts fans to the cinema.
Basic information. When writing this part, you can add clarifying reference information on the topic.
Try to answer the following questions:
What is the essence of the problem? Who cares? Where is this problem most common? Why is it important?
Thesis. The classical structure of the essay implies the formulation of a thesis in the last sentence of the introduction. Here it is necessary to clearly state your position on the topic and justify it.
Section 2: Evolving Argumentation.
So, you have decided on the main points of the topic and stated your position in the introduction, it's time to clarify the arguments. In the structure of each essay should be several reasons. The number here is not so important, there may be two or four... The value is how exhaustively you can justify your arguments.
What are the arguments? This is evidence that proves in support of the arguments.
What is evidence? For each argument it is necessary to provide factual information, preferably from reliable sources.
It is recommended to present statistics, case studies, etc., rather than what the author knows from his own personal experience. The number of arguments presented does not play a special role; convincingness and completeness of the evidence base is important.
After the evidence in support of the arguments has been gathered, the following important task has to be accomplished: to refute the arguments of the opponents.
Section 3: Refutation of counterarguments.
In this section, you need to bring counter arguments. In each case, they will be individual. Try to choose such counter-arguments, the failure of which is proved elementarily.
After an objection to opponents, the time has come for the final part or conclusion.
Section 4: Conclusion.
To formulate conclusions, it is necessary to solve two important problems.
Reiterate the significance of the problem. Just as it was done in the opening remarks, i.e. repeat why this topic is really important.
In the final part of the conclusion, make the audience think about the growth of the arguments. What happens if your arguments become the basis of one or another course of action.
In most cases, difficulties in writing a reasoned essay arise not so much due to lack of knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar, but rather with the inability to briefly, logically and convincingly express their point of view. Often the text written in “beautiful English” contains a large amount of unnecessary information, and the communicative task remains unsolved.
