A persuasive essay is defined by two purposes: to convince the audience to agree with the speaker’s position on a debatable issue and to inspire listeners to take action. In order to succeed, the speaker must forge a relationship with …
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Writing an Introduction in Six Steps
What Is an Introduction? As the first paragraph in your essay, a successful introduction grabs the readers’ attention, gives them the background information needed to understand the essay’s topic, and ends with the essay’s thesis statement. Writing a strong introduction …
5 Steps to Writing a Thesis Statement
What is a thesis statement? Simply put, the most important statement in an essay is your thesis. It is often the first and last sentence you work on, tinkering and revising throughout the writing process. It must be specific enough …
How to Write an Essay
A literary analysis essay is a piece of writing on a specific text or group of texts. In the context of most high school English classes, this type of essay asks you, the student writer, to develop an argument about …
How to Teach Julius Caesar
8 steps for teaching Julius Caesar to your students.
How to Teach Hamlet
Eight steps to guide your students through William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
How to Teach Shakespeare for the First Time
Eight strategies for teaching Shakespeare to your students for the first time.
How to Avoid Plagarism
Plagiarism: stealing the intellectual work of someone else and passing it off as your own. While this definition seems simple enough, plagiarism takes many forms. It can be deliberate—such as paying someone to write an essay—but it can be innocent—like …