The Simple Way to Make An Excellent Essay

Writing is the best way to express someone’s thought and essay is one of it. According to John Locke’s, “An essay is a short piece of writing which is often written from an author’s personal point of view”. Some people maybe think that making a good essay is hard but if you follow these steps you will able to make an excellent essay. Choosing the topic, formulating the thesis statement, and organizing idea are the simple way to make an excellent essay. Let’s prove it!
First of all, you have to choose the topic. Make sure that you choose a topic that you care for and know about it, or you can find it out in other resources which will also be interesting to the readers. For example, you choose traffic jam as your topic but you have to be specifying like traffic jam in Jakarta which other people also concern about it. So, the reader can imagine the problem clearly.
Second, thesis statement is the main point of making an essay. According to the Pathways book written by Joyce M. Jarrett, Margaret Giles Lee, and Doreatha D. Mbalia, “Thesis is generally one sentence that states the main idea of the essay (A sentence is a group of words containing subject and verb and can stand by itself and make sense).” Thesis statement is containing an opinion, a claim or judgment of the topic that you will talk about. For example, if you will talk about how to handle the acute traffic jam in Jakarta, you have to list the solutions which based on your opinion and do not forget of controlling idea. It means the idea that you will discuss in your essay. So, it will make you focus to the idea and not going to the other ideas, like Mass Rapid Transportation (MRT), relocation the capital city, and restriction personal vehicle are the solutions for handle the acute traffic jam in Jakarta.
Lastly, organizing idea or we known as an outline is divided into three parts; introductory, body and concluding paragraph. Introductory paragraph is begin with general statement about the topic, for example when you talking about traffic jam in Jakarta, you have to explain the real or general condition of Jakarta and ask some questions which relate to the topic that you will discuss in the body. It is also contain of a little information about the topic and ends with a thesis statement.
Next, body paragraph is beginning with a topic sentence. According to the same book, “Topic sentence is a complete sentence that tells the reader what the paragraph will discuss (the main idea of paragraph). Topic sentence must be general to reflect all the areas in the paragraph.” In body paragraph, you are not only explaining your topic generally but also specifically. For example, relocation the capital city is the solution to handle the acute traffic jam in Jakarta. On that topic sentence, what will you explain is like the advantage and disadvantage of relocation the capital city or is there any controversy of it? To get those explanations you can find in the web or book as your reference, or even you can use your opinion with the evidence of fact.
Concluding paragraph is the last part of outlining. According to the book, “A conclusion must emphasize your main idea and signal to the reader that you have ended your development on the subject.” A conclusion also contains of a brief summary and will also contain one or more of the following, like a prediction, a recommendation, or a solution. And there are also people who use their thesis statement as the conclusion but they restate it again with other words. After you follow all those steps, do not forget to recheck your essay. Make sure that your grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation are correct. So, write it down your idea to be an excellent essay and be sure that your messages deliver.