ELEMENTS OF ESSAY

PRESENTED BY: ERVIE GENSON P. COLOCAR

ELEMENTS OF ESSAY
• Thesis Statement
• Problem or Question
• Motive
• Evidence
• Analysis and Reflection
• Structure
Thesis Statement

It is the main proposition of an essay.

The thesis statement must be arguable
that differentiates it from a fact and
must be in a persuasive writing style.
Problem or Question
The problem statements or the
important issue of the essay that must
be defined and described in the essay.
Motive
The reason for writing the essay.
Evidence
The facts and data or information that
supports the whole essay and prove the
main point of the essay.
Analysis and Reflection
In which the writer turns the evidence into an
arguable statement that provides the reader
how the evidence supports, develops, or
explained the essay’s thesis statement.
Structure
The work that the writer does to
organize the idea, the series of sub-
topics and sections through which it is
explained and developed.
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