An easy way to organize ideas
in an essay is to use
labels. They are normal in
an essay like this. Criterion can see these so if you add them,
you may get a higher score.
Here are some examples:
First of all,
Firstly, In the first place, To start off with...
Secondly, Another
reason is that, Next...
Finally, Lastly...
And before the conclusion:
For
these reasons, In conclusion...
Here is my example Can you see the parts and labels?
Do you remember about the
Topic sentence, Evidence, and Conclusion?
* Advanced students can go
here
to see a much deeper explanation of this type of essay.
Natto
I really hate Natto.
<
Topic Sentence
First of all,
Natto smells
terrible. The first time I smelled it I
thought it was a stinky foot. Even now if I smell it, I think something
must be rotten like food or a dead animal.
< Evidence #1
Secondly,
Natto looks
terrible. It looks slimey and sticky when you
stir it up. It also looks something like moldy food that has been in
the back of a refrigerator for a year at a single man's apartment. It
does not
look like something safe to put in your mouth!
< Evidence #2
Finally,
Natto is very messy.
It is stringy and sticks to everything it
touches. For this reason it usually spills on the floor or leaves a
stringy residue on the fingers or face of the person who eats it. The
person goes around all day with Natto on his or her fingers and face
and smells terrible. People around them, like the person's family, get
angry because of the smell.
<
Evidence #3
For these reasons,
Natto is
the worst food on the planet earth and
should be banned from stores and made illegal to produce.
< Conclusion
Revision
Go to 'Criterion' and rewrite Experience or Books.
Goals:
Ask for advice from a reader.
Use the feedback
anlaysis.
Write more.
Add labels.
Separate the
parts.
Feedback analysis:
This window on 'Criterion' will show you
mistakes. There are 5 sections. It is not always correct. Use the
advice if it's easy to understand. ( see window below )
Separate the
parts:
Separate the parts by leaving
one blank line. ( topic -
evidence ), ( evidence - next evidence ), ( last evidence -
conclusion ). This makes the parts easier to see for Criterion, but we
usually don't do this when we write on paper. Doing this makes it
easier for Criterion to
identify the parts. ( Organization and Development )