How to write a good essay
Adam Kissel a writer of Gradesaver.com – an inspiring web for beginner writer said on his page “that an essay is a great place of writing, it is a meaningful activity between the writer and the reader. An essay is not simply a beautiful piece of finished prose. It is an ordered set of paragraphs that does something for the reader. A good essay is an essay which accomplish with those characters and it is an action with a purpose”.
From the statement above you can see that make an essay is not as simple as make a diary. There are purposes behind that. The purposes are (1) to instruct or teach the reader something; (2) to delight the reader, r to give the reader something to appreciate or enjoy; (3) to move the reader, which means to inspire the reader to feel a certain way or to go out and do something. Good essay must complete those aims.Making a good essay is not easy, but you can try my tips as your guiding to make a good essay.
First of all, you must know the structure of essay itself. Essay is consisted of introduction, content, and conclusion. These parts are very important elements in writing an essay. They such a chronology for your reader. Introduction is usually star with general things and narrowing to specific things ( content) , and you will close your essay in conclusion paragraph. As its name, you can conclude all that event in the previous paragraphs with different words, you can also add your opinion or the way out of the problem there.
Second, choose an interesting topic. Because of the purposes of essay, so you must be friendly with your reader. Pick a good topic that you think your reader will like it, or if you are confused, you can choose a topic which interesting for you. Hopefully your reader will have same opinion with you about the topic.
Next step is research. After you choose a topic. Make yourself as an expert. You rich yourself with knowledge that relate to your topic. You can search from the internet, magazine or you can go to library and pick some books. Immerse yourself as a great writer.
After you find the topic and you’ve done your research, you make an outline. Outline as a draft can help you to build your essay arranged. It such a map structure of your argument, and make sure each paragraph is united. Outline is contained of thesis statement, topic sentences , supporting ideas.
Then , you can start to write your essay. You must keep focus on your idea or thesis statement. Don’t go too far from your topic. Try to keep on it. If you get stuck, don’t pretend that you are a fool. Be calm, relax, take a breath, and try to have a conversation with your text. Make a question for you and your text . example : what are you both going to say ,why do you talk about this, etc .
The last step is recheck. After you think that your essay is finished, don’t close it directly. Re check about the grammar, vocabulary choices, content, and plot about the essay that you written. Correct if there is an error. After this step you can publish or submit your essay to people whom concern to.
All the steps above can accompany you to make a good essay. I am sure after you read this , you will have a lighter to shining you on writing an essay. Don’t ever think again that essay is a thrilling thing, and don’t forget to pray. Good luck.

Written by : Priyanti yuni haryoto

The sources are taken from internet
• Gradesaver.com
• wikipedia
All inspirations are gotten from all my writing lecturers