Lambeth College LRC - Study Support: Writing Essays

How to write an essay

What is the purpose of an essay?

An essay is set to provide you with the opportunity to display your knowledge and understanding of a particular topic.

An essay contains three main elements:

1. Introduction,
2. main body of arguments, analysis, and evaluation,
3. Conclusion.

How to write an effective essay?

To write a good essay, you should:have a good understanding of what you have been asked to do:

• plan how to gather relevant information,
• think about how you will present your essay, and
• use appropriate language and writing styles that reflects your subject discipline.

To learn how you can write a good essay, please watch the videos below.

1. How to plan an essay

2. How to write an introduction for an essay 

3. How to write the main body paragraphs of an essay

4. How to write a conclusion of an essay

Sources

My Learning Advisor, (2013). How to plan an essay [Online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgsHJdFoXvY (Accessed 10/03/2023).

My Learning Advisor, (2013). How to write an introduction [Online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgV_zjnWpBU (Accessed 20/03/2023).

My Learning Advisor, (2013). How to write a body paragraph [Online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzhGYHxmsa0 (Accessed 20/03/2023).

My Learning Advisor, (2013). How to write a conclusion [Online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgyeAeE3DGI (Accessed 20/03/2023).

LSBU Library and Learning Resources, (2020). Mini Module: Eassay Writing [Online]. Available at: https://library.lsbu.ac.uk/c.php?g=682897 (Accessed 20/03/2023).