Essay Writing for AZMERIT: Essential Steps and Tips
Read and understand the prompt, plan thoroughly, analyze the text, outline your essay effectively, and explore key topics such as history repeating itself and honoring the fallen for success in AZMERIT essay writing.
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HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY FOR AZMERIT
Read and understand the prompt. Prompts explain the topic Figure out what type of essay it is and annotate the key words in the prompt Once the prompt is understood a clear claim can be written Example: Think about what Wiesel s writings reveal about humanity, and write an essay that argues why remembering our past is essential to our future. This essay will be an argumentative essay.
Planning is essential Those that don t plan are driving somewhere new without directions This means you will seem lost when the reader reads it because you are LOST
PLANPLANPLAN A good plan means a good essay. The claim comes directly from the prompt. Once you have the claim go to the text to find big ideas to prove the claim. Make the plan I. Intro II 1stMain idea III 2ndMain idea IV 3rdMain idea V Conclusion
Read the text Read and annotate the entire texts Make sure the claim is constantly being thought about as you read. Number the points that could be effectively made, as you read.
Outline I. Intro Grabber Background Claim 1stMain idea Textual evidence to support 2ndMain idea Textual Evidence to support 3rdMain idea Some may say the other side of the claim. Textual Evidence to support Conclusion Restate Claim Go back to the grabber II III IV V
Topic #1 History will repeat itself Textual Quote from Night Textual evidence Noble Peace Prize Wherever men, women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must at that moment become the center of the universe. I have tried to keep the memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget.
Topic #2 Remember the fallen Textual Quote from Night Textual evidence Noble Peace Prize The Kapos had orders to kill a certain number of prisoners every day. The essential thing was to be as far as possible from the crucial death, from the center of hell. What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting. the quality of our freedom depends on theirs
Some may say it is easier to forget Topic #3 Being silent only helps what has occurred. Textual Quote from Night Textual evidence Noble Peace Prize Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. I have tried to fight those that forget, because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.
Draft - There is only one copy Begin with the intro and finish it with your planned clear claim Every topic sentence for each paragraph should cover each the entire idea Integrate the textual evidence and CITE Analyze the evidence to move the point Repeat two times
Revise/Edit Even though it is one draft, a writer should always read and fix any small errors that might have occurred. Also make sure the writing is neat and clean looking the first impression matters. Fill a page and a half with meaningful writing. USE the dictionary whenever in doubt it is available for use so USE it.
