Here’s how to start an essay: Write a catchy hook. Provide some context and background on your topic. State a thesis, establishing your purpose and position on the topic. Overview the main points you’ll cover in the essay. Check and revise if necessary. In this article, we’re going to tell you how to start a…
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How to Write a Perfect Essay Outline
An essay outline is a plan of your academic paper, where you structurize it and organize the main points into paragraphs so it would be easier for you to write an essay. You can’t write an essay without outlining. Fine, you can do that if a low grade is okay for you to get. But…
The Ultimate Guide to Personal Essay Writing
A personal essay is a short writing work where the author describes a significant event from his life experience and tells about a lesson he learned from it. In academia, a personal essay is known as a “college essay” or a “college admission essay.” Personal essay is not about college admission only: Twain, Hemingway, Fitzgerald,…
50+ Best Writing Apps to Help With Essays and Other Content
Yeap, writing apps. Again. I know what you’re thinking: How many blog posts with creative writing apps do we need to find the best ones finally? Well, this one would be a nice try. It gathers all the best writing apps in one place, divides them into categories, and reveals the top advantage of each…
How to Write an Autobiography in 3 Steps
Writing autobiographies is not an easy task. Not only do authors need to recall all memories and decide on milestones to include, but they also spend time and energy organizing and structuring all the material into a narrative. In this article, we’ll guide you through the nature of this type of writing, the process of how…
How to Write an Argumentative Essay: The Only Guide You Need
An argumentative essay is a paper that uses facts and evidence to support the thesis it’s making. A student investigates a topic, establishes a position on it, and provides arguments to persuade the reader to agree with this position. An argumentative essay is the most popular type of academic writing in school and college. But…
How to Write a Hypothesis: The Ultimate Guide with Examples
A hypothesis is a research statement based on predictions you can test to support or refuse through scientific methods like experiments, statistical data analysis, observations, etc. Hypotheses aren’t about science, experiments, and creating new theories only. While students in science classes formulate a hypothesis every second day, others from non-science fields may find it challenging…
How to Write a Synthesis Essay to Impress And Get A+
Students’ first thought when a teacher assigns a synthesis essay is something like, “What? Synthesis? Isn’t it anything from chemistry classes?” Indeed, this essay type isn’t as popular as narrative, critical, or personal papers you regularly write in college. That’s why it would help to know how to write a synthesis essay beforehand, to meet a situation hand-on…
The SAT Essay 2022-2023: What to Expect
Last updated: March 2022 How to write the SAT essay: Read the prompt to understand the task. Read the sample passage, underlining the examples and evidence. Come up with a thesis statement. Outline your SAT essay. Write a draft. Edit it: check arguments and evidence, make sure there’s a logic in the essay. Proofread your…
The Ultimate List of Linking Words for Your Essay
Linking words are lexical items (words and phrases) we use to connect ideas in writing and get a reader to our next sentence or paragraph. Let’s face it: You can’t write an essay (or any other writing piece) without linking words. Also known as connecting words or transition words, they serve to make your writing…