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ATTENDING a two-day essay writing seminar in our university last week was one of the best things I did this summer vacation. With what I unlearned and re-learned about writing essay or essays, I don't think I still have to seek the assistance of an essay help anymore when essay writing assignments surface in my classes that are yet to come.
But the topic that really made an impact to me's how to come up with essays consisting only of five paragraphs. I thought it's impossible, but our trainor, Mrs. McFadden, who even joked that she loves essay writing more than her husband, taught us how—we just have to follow a pattern.
The first paragraph—which is the introductory part—should start with a bang to catch the attention of my readers. Writing essay for this part should also enable me to introduce my statement as well as "warm up" my reader for making a claim or expressing my insights via a thesis sentence.
While the second, third and fourth paragraphs will be the main part or body of my paper. I should be able to state my thoughts in this segment and add three more sentences of evidence to support it.
On the other hand, making use of transition words to change the mood of my essays will add spice, such as "as a whole," "as a result," "for this reason," "likewise," "yet," etc. The fifth or last paragraph is my concluding part. Here, I was coached by Mrs. McFadden to tell all my points and re-state claims in capsule form or shortest way possible.
Brilliant essays, be they personally written or made by an essay help or writing service, cannot be perfected in just one sitting. This was what I realized. It takes a lot of careful thinking, proper choice of words and series of revisions to come up with good pieces of writing.
I had a great time attending that essay writing seminar in school: Mrs. McFadden has a unique way of teaching, it's like she can transform a simple soup into a sumptuous broth. There were a lot of exercises on writing essay about anything and everything under the sun. The short course also allowed me to build stronger ties with my fellow communication arts students that I usually see but often "take for granted" due to our hectic schedules.
Above all, it gave me a rare opportunity to "clean up" my grammar usage and essay writing style which I honestly cannot do during the school days. With my "recharged batteries," I am now ready to go back in campus!
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