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will be interesting to read.

2. Unity. Just as it is important to connect your sentences within a paragraph, you should make sure that your paragraphs lead

on naturally to each other. Do not repeat yourself. Make sure that every paragraph adds something new to the essay.

3. Balance and proportion. The length of a paragraph will depend on what you want to say. However, do not let yourself be car-

ried away by fascinating but unimportant details. Never attempt to write an essay in a single paragraph.

4. Do not address the teacher or make comments on what you want to say like "I do not like the subject and do not know how to

begin ..." or "...and now it is time to finish my essay", etc.

5. It is absolutely necessary to read your work through when you have finished writing. While doing so keep a sharp look out

for grammatical mistakes.

6.

After you've finished your essay choose a suitable short tail. Make sure that it has to do with the subject, but it shouldn't give the

reader too much information.

Planning

It is always best to tell things the way in which they happened. Your first paragraph should set the scene. The most exciting

part of your story should come at the end, on the way you'll keep the reader in suspense.

The general outline for stories should be as follows:

Before the Event.

The Event.

After the Event.

Before working on your plan try to decide what the main event will be so that you can build up your story round it. It is not

always necessary to make out a full detailed plan. But it is wise to note a few ideas under each heading so that you have a fairly

clear picture of what you are going to say before you begin writing. Remember that a plan is only a guide.

Examine carefully the following plan:

Title: The Stranger on the Bridge.

Main Event: Late at night a man climbs over a wall surrounding a big house.

Plan:

Before the Event:

1.Midnight: bridge — cold — dark.

2.

Frank on bridge. Someone approaching. Effect on him.

3.

Steps come nearer. Frank turns to look.

4.

Pretends to stop — sees stranger: description. The Event:

5.

Conversation: man wants information.

6.

Frank suspicious: why? Follows. Outside the house. Lights, man over wall.

After the Event:

7.

Frank now sure — telephone box.

Note: 1—7 — numbers of paragraphs in the essay.

Descriptive Essay

Planning. In descriptive essay there is no underlying "story" to hold your composition together so it is necessary to think of

a central idea to which everything you describe can be related.

In descriptive writing there is no single event which will keep the reader in suspense as there is in a story. Whether or not

your essay will be exciting to read will depend entirely on the interesting details you include. In your first paragraph you

should consider the subject in general and deal with details in the paragraphs that follow. Your description may take the form

of a personal impression or may be purely imaginary.

The general outline for descriptive essay should be as follows: