You can write essay for any specific purpose, but keeping one aim in mind and that is of having a structured well-written Essay.

Three important factors in Essay that matters are Sentence framing, use of appropriate Grammar and than it is the careful use of spellings.

Essay on any topic should be simple and enjoyable to read. The Essay should portray reality, which gets the readers to be enthusiastic more.

Let us start with some of the Tips for Essay writing. We are going to start with Sentences, the use of sentences appropriately is very important in essay writing.

Sentences are formed of Punctuation, Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and prepositions. Than along with this group comes ‘frequently confused words’ which are used in essay writing as well.

We all have knowledge of what Punctuation is? It is the use of Period (.), question mark (?), exclamation mark (!), comma (,), apostrophe (‘), quotation marks (“), colon (:), semicolon (;), dash (-) and hyphen (_).

Use of period is done at the end of every sentence, for example, [India is one of the largest countries]. Use of period is also done with certain abbreviations ex, [Dr. Hanson is out of town] or [it is 4:00 p.m. here].

Question Mark (?) is used when you have to end a sentence to show a direct question or when you are trying to ask something. Do not use question mark when you are asking indirect questions. Examples are 1. [How many siblings do you have?], 2. [She asked where you went, please don’t ask me why].

Exclamation mark (!) is used at the end of the sentence to show excitement or shock. Ex [I can’t believe that some one can be so pretty!] or [The house is on fire!

Use of comma (,) can be very confusing at times. One has to be very careful in using comma’s at appropriate places in essay writing. There are some rules you can follow.

• Rule one – Use comma to show a pause in your sentence.
Ex – Hence, we ought to leave this place now

• Rule two- Use comma when you want to show some one has said something directly.
Ex- “I can come to your house today”, he said, “but not on Thursday”.

• Rule three- you can use comma to list three or more different things.
Ex- Canada, America, and India are different from each other.

• Rule Four- Use comma around relative clauses when you have to add extra information to a sentence.
Ex- Emily Carr, born in 1871, had a great talent of painting.

Use of Apostrophe (‘) is done when you want to show ownership of something, for ex, this is Jackson’s computer. You can also use apostrophe (‘) when you want to show letters that have been left out of a word, for ex, she doesn’t know how to fix it.

Quotation marks (“) are used when you want to show, what some one has said directly, and ex. Prime Minister Bush said, “We are going to win this war”.

Use of colon (:) is used when you want to introduce a list of things in your essay, ex. She has three belongings: hairbrush, toothbrush and toothpaste.
You can also use colon (:) when you are introducing long quotation, ex. Prime minister of India said: “we are going to fight this war against terrorism. We will not give up. We have to keep looking at our aim”.

You can use, Semicolon (;) to join related sentences together, ex. The festival of lights is popular; everyone wants to celebrate it.

You can use, Dash (-), when you are summarizing the idea of the sentence, you can use it before and after a phrase or list that adds extra information in the middle of the sentence. Examples are 1. [Smart, pretty, witty- these are the characteristics of Miss. Johnson], 2. [Children- Ashley, Laura, Adie- went to the store together].

You use hyphen in your essay when you are joining two words that form one idea together, ex. Bad-odor or sweet smelling.

These are some of the basic but important rules in essay writing that help in having a good frame of sentence in an essay.
Making a proper use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions will give you one of the best essays. You have to know where to use each of these grammars in your essay. This definitely comes with practicing some grammar skills before you write your essay.

Some of the frequently confused words in the essay are,
(Accept, except; advice, advise; all ready, ready; buy, by; choose, chose; complement, compliment; emigrate, immigrate; it’s, its; loose, lose; miner, minor; past, passed; principal, principle; stationary, stationery; than, then; their, there, they’re; threw, through; to, too, two; weather, whether; your, you’re).

The above words as explained can be confusing while writing essay, therefore you need to make proper evaluation of the following words to use them appropriately in your essay.

Paragraph in an essay can contain, topic sentence, supporting details and closing sentence. Paragraphs can also contain definition, classification, description, compare and contrast, sequence, choice, explanation and evaluation.

Paragraphs always have three stages, Introductory Paragraph, supporting paragraphs and the ending or summary paragraph.

You can start and end your essay with a thoughtful introduction and a challenging summary, this is what most of the readers look for.

By: Kaung Ko | KMKBlog.com