By: Noorazalia Izha Haron

Academic writing – articulate your mind – someone will read and understand

Brainstorming – ideas, points, how to organise.

Planning – helps to write a clear, well-focused piece of writing, meaningful presentation.

Writing – creative, critical thinking, well-developed sentences and paragraphs, attract attention.

Editing/reviewing – detect errors, refine, polish.

Essay – more than 250 words Show creativity Generally 5 paragraphs Outline gives clearer picture

A sentence that shows the controlling idea

Very specific Too general – ambiguous The end of introductory paragraph

Outline – • Topic sentence (first sentence of a

paragraph, supports thesis statement, informs readers of the content or ideas in the paragraph)

• Supporting details (about the idea in the topic sentence, give examples, illustrations, quotations, statistics, causes, effects, compare and contrast)

• Concluding sentence (summary of a paragraph, final remark on the main idea of a paragraph, not necessary)