BETTER ESSAYS

PART 2
BY : MS. HIDAYAH
 WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE IN YOUR
ESSAY?
1. TASK FULFILMENT : UNDERSTAND AND ANSWER
THE TASK/ RELEVANT CONTENT
2. ORGANISATION : VARIETY OF COHESIVE DEVICES,
SKILFUL PARAGRAPHING , CLEAR PLANNING
3. STRUCTURE : VARIETY/ RANGE OF SIMPLE AND
COMPLEX SENTENCE STRUCTURES
4. LEXIS : VOCABULARY USED (BASIC OR ADVANCE),
LEVEL OF GRAMMAR (HAS VERB, SUBJECT ETC),
MEANING ACQUIRED, SPELLING, REPETITION OF
WORDS
 PART 2
DISCURSIVE ESSAY ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY PROBLEM –SOLUTION
ESSAY
• Presents a balanced and • Presents a strong • Present solutions to the
objective examination position on a particular problems
of a subject topic • More formal and
• Written in a more • Written in more formal impersonal style
formal and impersonal and impersonal style
style • Educates and persuades
• Present both side of the readers on a particular
discussion POV
• Supported by facts and • Supported by facts and
research research
ESSAY STRUCTURE
• INTRODUCTION: (General information to capture readers’ attention
and thesis statement)
• BODY PARA 1,2,3 : Main point 1 = opinion 1 (topic sentence)
: Elaboration
: Example
: Linking sentence (to link back to M)
• CONCLUSION : Rephrase thesis statement
: Reiterate keywords in topic given
: Call to action/ recommendation
 QUESTION PART 2
• Topic : The tradition of having open houses is important to Malaysians
and should be practised more. Do you agree?
• Stand : Agree
• Introduction hook :
• Thesis Statement :

Body
• Point 1,2,3 : why should we encourage open houses?
 HOW TO HOOK YOUR READER
1. Start by asking QUESTION
2. “ING” clause
3. Magic 5 : Because, Before, As, After, While
4. Adjective and adjective (story) : Cold and frightened. Happy and content.
5. ‘ed’ clause (story) : Worried. Scared. Frightened.
6. Simile : Like a bird,… Like a cat,…
7. Quotation/saying/proverbs hook : As the saying goes…
8. Start with a fact : Running is good for our health. Everyone agrees that smoking is
dangerous for our health.
9. Statistic : Statistics show that..Research has shown that…You might be surprised
to learn that…According to…
LIST OF PROVERBS
COHESIVE DEVICES
 COHESIVE DEVICES
• INTRO : First and foremost, To begin with, To start with, First of all,
• Adding second/next info : After that, Other than that, Besides that,
Furthermore, Moreover, In addition, Addidtionally,
• Give examples : for example/s, for instance/s, namely,. To name a few,
…
• Contrast ideas : On the other hand, conversely,
• Conclusion : All in all, In a nutshell, To conclude, Above all, In a
conclusion, In short,
TYPES OF SENTENCES
TYPES OF SENTENCES
COMPLEX SENTENCES: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
LANGUAGE : GRAMMAR & VARIETY OF
SENTENCES