problems writing essays?

Question

Problems writing essays?
-I don't know why but for some reason when I write an essay it always has good grammar usage but poor structure.
-For some reason, i am bad at connected sentences and making them sense.
-I sometimes wander if it is due to a lack of knowledge in vocab.
-I never do outlines so that could be a reason.
-I tend to make essays in a hour or a bit more. Maybe I should take 3 or more hours to do it.
- It was only one page and a half plus it was doubled spaced.
-Im not good at making thesis(or having a clear one).
-I am an introvert and as a result I don't talk much so that could be a reason.

My Spanish Language professor wrote "You don't seem to understand how to structure your essay".

Answer 1

No matter what type of essay you are writing, YOU NEED AN OUTLINE!! You HAVE to plan out your essay before you start filling it in.



Try this:



1. read the prompt: what is your teacher asking you to do?

2. answer that prompt in one sentence. do not worry about how it sounds, just get it on the paper.

3. make your thesis... this comes from your answer. just make it smoother, etc

4. write your topic sentences: how many parts do you have to your thesis? that's the number of topic sentences (body paragraphs you need)

5. after you have your thesis and topic sentences, look for examples and arguments to support your position

6. introduction should be like this: broad ideas >>> specific>>> thesis

7. conclusion: narrow idea >>> broader >>> connect with society



that's the basic format. here is an example:



prompt: what caused america to be the number one manufacturing country in the world by the 1890s?

1. answer: immigrants labor, new inventions, political stability

(that's your A, B, and C)

2. make that into a smooth sentence = thesis

3. topic sentences for body paragraphs:

A: mass immigration from souther europe contributed to ...

B: the new inventions ... helped america ....

C: ...

4. fill in details...



That's how you do it. Grammar you'll just have to learn... but once you get the overall structure right, you can at least call it an esay :]

Answer 2

The English language is one of the hardest languages to master. There are so many rules. You know English is hard when many Americans can hardly speak properly. i.e George Bush. But uh yea your best bet is reading and having a teacher help you.

Answer 3

eric,



im presently enrolled in a writing class now and our topic is the basic principle in writing namely: unity, coherence, and emphasis...



when we say unity, it means "oneness of idea" so, to achieve this you must first consider that you have one thought or subject that you want to talk about.



coherence, i think this is your problem. you can hardly make each sentences cohere to one another. so to achieve this second principle you must decide where to start with your topic sentence that is from the top to bottom, bottom to top, general to specific, specific to general, cause to reason, reason to cause, and a lot more. the idea of this is simply to have a smooth flow of sentences in your paragraph. you can still add like space orders, logical orders and time orders anything that will fit to the desired topic.



next is emphsis, here you have to emphasize the "one" thought of your composition. to make this you can simply make redundancy of each word relating to your main idea...



"you cannot write beyond experience" so try to write within it...so that it would be easy for you...



again, above mentioned are just the basic principles in writing.



goodluck for your next attempts to compose!

Answer 4

all i can say is, read more, listen more. tune in to news time daily.