2. Types of Essays
Informative
Argumentative
Persuasive
Descriptive
Cause and effect
3. How to write an Informative
essay?
The informative essay is one of the most
challenging of all writing assignments. You
essentially take on the role of teacher/expert for a
general audience that, you have to assume, is
unfamiliar with your topic or thesis. This puts a lot
of pressure on you to be both informative and
interesting. All you have to do, however, is plan
out your essay and structure it in a certain way
that entails less stress for you and more
enjoyment and satisfaction when writing it
4. Step 1
Decide on a topic that you think is important and
that your readers could benefit from knowing
more about. The example we'll use is eating
disorders.
5. Step 2
Write down a tentative thesis statement. What is
it that you want to share with your readers? Don't
obsess about it too much at this stage, as you will
likely have to revise your thesis somewhat as you
conduct your research and write the actual essay.
Just try to write down something specific and
(hopefully) interesting. Such as, eating disorders
lead to a large number of preventable deaths.
6. Step 3
Draft an outline listing all the questions you
have about your topic, all the things you think
you know about it, and any personal experiences
or observations you may have. For instance: How
many people suffer from eating disorders? How
many are men and how many are women? What
age group suffers from them the most? What's
the most common eating disorder?
7. Step 4
Research your topic online and in the library.
Find authoritative, credible sources. To learn
more about your topic you could also interview
people who are involved with the topic.
8. Step 5
Write your essay. Begin the opening paragraph
with a hook to lure the reader's interest. Use this
paragraph to provide a lead-in to the topic and
some general context for the issue to be
discussed. One possible hook that might work for
our example: Anorexia is the leading killer of
teenage girls.
9. Step 6
Use the body of your essay to inform your reader
about the specifics of your topic. Provide
interesting details that they likely don't already
know, or present common knowledge in a new
light.
10. Step 7
Conclude your essay by summarizing the
knowledge you've shared. Don't bring up any new
information or raise too many questions. This
paragraph is meant to bring closure to the essay
while maintaining your reader's interest in the
topic.
11. Topic to write your essay
The problems faced by old people in our society.
