writing an essay

Key components in answering an essay question

1.  Start your essay as if you were presenting a legal case.

2. You need to provide evidence, better known to students as “facts,” in order to support your arguments.

3. Then you must interpret those facts, what do they mean? Here we call that “analysis.”

4. First of all you need to present your case in the introduction.

5. Then in the body provide the evidence and analysis that support your conclusions.

6. Finally, you need then to sum up your arguments in the conclusion.