How do I properly answer essay questions?
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ANSWER THE QUESTION DIRECTLY.  This will be your thesis, and it will be presented as one of the last sentence in your intro (in almost all cases).  The beginning of the intro should have backround info that is relevant to the rest of your paper.  \n\nIn each body paragraph, address one part of your thesis (break down your thesis into smaller parts, and prove each one of them in a separate body paragraph).  Prove them using facts, quotes (if you are doing an essay on a book), or sometimes personal beliefs.  Now, use your own interpretation to tie these facts to your thesis i.e., tell the reader how they prove it (or how they prove the parts of the thesis for that body paragraph).\n\nIn your conclusion, summarize what you said, including your thesis, and leave the reader with food for thought.
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Remember that the physical presentation is always key: Introduction of topic in first paragraph, \nBody or middle paragraphs on the topic itself and supporting ideas and data,\nEnd Conclusion where the entire essay wraps up in a few sentences or a paragraph. \nDon't go off topic. If you feel stressed; take a break for a few seconds. Stress can cause the dreaded demon known as writer's block which can completely screw you over when you try to focus your ideas.  \nPractice at home/outside of class. If you have prep questions, enact a fantasy test day at home. Get the materials to write your paper and a timer that goes off. The timer can be your watch, a clock, or even your cell phone AT HOME--not in a library where it's really loudand can disturb others. Get the question in front of you and pretend you're taking the exam for real. Do this more than once and keep the copies of each time you do this so you can go over the papers you've written. Go over them with another student or teacher and explain to them the situation. Always record the start and stop time on each paper you write. Never cheat. And do this with the intent of building confidence in yourself and your ability to finish your paper in the time officially alotted/allowed you.  As you go over the copies you will either see improvement or not much of a change, both in the way that you write and the length of time it takes for you to get your ideas clear and focused and down on the paper. \nRemember to RELAX!!!\nIf you've gotten this far, then in all liklihood you'll pass the test in record/good time. Don't be afraid and be as stress-free as possible. Good luck. Maryann.
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The other answers were valid and good advice.  I would add that you should critically look at the short paper and see if you could outline it.  If your points follow smoothly you should easily be able to create an outline from what you've written.  If you can't, maybe some re-organization is in order.  As a last thought for you, the adage "tell them what you're going to tell them, then tell them, and then tell them what you told them" will make sure you have a beginning, a middle with your information, and a summary (beginning and summary can just be a short sentence).    Since your essay is short, I've included a link to a short article speaking about seven steps to writing a good essay.  Good luck.  Hope you get an Excellent written in red across the top!
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Sorry, I don't have that much time to answer your question but you can go to this site. http://www.english.bham.ac.uk/staff/tom/teaching/howto/essay.htm \nThey can help you. Good luck.
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Know your essay subject \nYou must learn to write essays from an excess of knowledge. Go to lectures, read up on the subject in the library, look up the latest academic papers and thoroughly immerse yourself in the essay subject before writing. Without this work to find out the information, you cannot write an essay with authority and command of your essay subject matter. Here are some tips to help you when you gather this information.\n\nCollect more information than you will use\nAlthough your research will give you a mass of information, you must use only the information that answers the question set. You will probably collect a hundred facts, read a dozen opinions and review three or four of the most recent academic discussions of the subject. However, to answer the question set, you must cut this information down to the key facts, most pertinent opinions and perhaps refer to only the most relevant discussion papers.\n\nRead primary sources first\nIf you were writing an essay on the Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, you could not write a good one without first reading the play. Too often, students ignore the primary source of material. If you are writing an essay on Rousseau’s philosophy, there’s no excuse for not reading the original source contract rather than a critique of Rousseau’s writings. Studying the primary sources of information let you assess other information written on the subject.\n\nUse a systematic way of taking notes \nYou need to have a method of note-taking. No matter how you record the information, cards, notebook or in a computer database, bear the following in mind. \n\nUse a one-word or two-word key to each note. This lets you sort them later and group related information together. \nDistinguish between primary and secondary sources. An example of a primary source would by Karl Marx’s Das Kapital. A secondary source would be a critique of Das Kapital by another author.\nDistinguish between facts and opinions. You must base your essay around facts. Without key facts you cannot present your arguments or assess other people’s opinions. \nLook out for the ten key facts that are the backbone to your essay. What information documents the subject and develops the ideas and arguments you are going to use? \nLook for quotable quotes. Too often, lazy students quote chunks of text from documents, rather than selecting the most important thought or view in fewer words.\nDon’t write out extracts word for word. Your notes are notes — not a copy of the words in the reference books. \nKeep a record of all information sources. A record of each information source:\nLets you find your source research material quickly. \nHelps you write up footnotes and reference lists.
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Firstly, you have to understand the question and then analyse it. What points are expected of you? you can also underline or highlight important phrases such as describe, contrast etc. \nThese will help you in answering the question as they work as guidelines which you can refer to and know what exactly they are asking you for. As such, its hard for you to go wrong...hope that helps!
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These look like short "essay" questions, not an article.  We could better help if we knew the questions your responses attempt to answer.\n\nIf you are not answering specific questions, you need to do a bit of work in order for your article to make sense.  \n\nGive us more info so we can help!
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I am attaching a link to an essay writing  tutorial to help you.  <click the below link>\n\nHave you ever heard of Brainstorming.  It is a technique to get most of your ideas about your subject on paper.\n\nChoose your subject.\nBrain storm.\nThen determine how detailed your paper will be.\nThen take each one of your brain storm ideas and make a paragraph about them.\n\nEvery Paper has \n\n1. a title, \n2. an Intro paragraph intrucing the subject\n3  at least 2-3 body paragraphs describing the subject &\n4. a summary paragraph \n\nSome tips are to: \n• Write in a Clear Style \n \n• Use active verbs \n \n• Keep your sentence length under control \n \n• Use simple words  \n \n• Avoid jargon \n \n• Avoid abstract terms \n \n• Keep abbreviations under control \n \n• Avoid Padding \n \n• Use topic sentences \n \n• Link your ideas and paragraphs \n \n• Use examples to explain difficult points \n \n• Use quotations in your writing \n\n\nYou will do just fine when you dou your best.
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When writing, make sure to pay careful attention to:\n\n1.SUBSTANCE\n\nSubstance refers to the content of the essay and the message you send out. It can be very hard to gauge in your own writing. One good way to make sure that you are saying what you think you are saying is to write down, briefly and in your own words, the general idea of your message. Then remove the introduction and conclusion from your essay and have an objective reader review what is left. Ask that person what he thinks is the general idea of your message. Compare the two statements to see how similar they are. This can be especially helpful if you wrote a narrative. It will help to make sure that you are communicating your points in the story. Here are some more questions to ask yourself regarding content.\n\nHave I answered the question asked?\n\nDo I back up each point that I make with an example? Have I used concrete and personal examples?\n\nHave I been specific? (Go on a generalities hunt. Turn the generalities into specifics.)\n\nCould anyone else have written this essay?\n\nWhat does it say about me? After making a list of all the words you have used within the essay -- directly and indirectly -- to describe yourself, ask: Does this list accurately represent me?\n\nDoes the writing sound like me? Is it personal and informal rather than uptight or stiff?\n\nRegarding the introduction, is it personal and written in my own voice? Is it too general? Can the essay get along without it?\n\n\n2.STRUCTURE\n\nTo check the overall structure of your essay, conduct a first-sentence check. Write down the first sentence of every paragraph in order. Read through them one after another and ask the following: \nWould someone who was reading only these sentences still understand exactly what I am trying to say? \nDo the first sentences express all of my main points? \nDo the thoughts flow naturally, or do they seem to skip around or come out of left field? \nNow go back to your essay as a whole and ask these questions: \nDoes each paragraph stick to the thought that was introduced in the first sentence? \nDoes a piece of evidence support each point? How well does the evidence support the point? \nIs each paragraph roughly the same length? Stepping back and squinting at the essay, do the paragraphs look balanced on the page? (If one is significantly longer than the rest, you are probably trying to squeeze more than one thought into it.) \nDoes my conclusion draw naturally from the previous paragraphs? \nHave I varied the length and structure of my sentences? \n\n\n3.INTEREST\n\nMany people think only of mechanics when they revise and rewrite their compositions. As we know, though, the interest factor is crucial in keeping the admissions officers reading and remembering your essay. Look at your essay with the interest equation in mind: personal + specific = interesting. Answer the following:\n\nIs the opening paragraph personal? \nDo I start with action or an image? \nDoes the essay show rather than tell? \nDid I use any words that are not usually a part of my vocabulary? (If so, get rid of them.) \nHave I used the active voice whenever possible? \nHave I overused adjectives and adverbs? \nHave I eliminated clichés? \nHave I deleted redundancies? \nDoes the essay sound interesting to me? (If it bores you, imagine what it will do to others.) \nWill the ending give the reader a sense of completeness? Does the last sentence sound like the last sentence? \n\n4.PROOFREADING\n\nWhen you are satisfied with the structure and content of your essay, it is time to check for grammar, spelling, typos, and the like. You can fix obvious things right away: a misspelled or misused word, a seemingly endless sentence, or improper punctuation. Keep rewriting until your words say what you want them to say. Ask yourself these questions:\n\nDid I punctuate correctly? \nDid I eliminate exclamation points (except in dialogue)? \nDid I use capitalization clearly and consistently? \nDo the sub
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I am sorry. Do you have to write an essay or speak in a debate? If it is a debate you should have POINTS that you will use, not written out speeches, or you will be lost if the other person makes a point that you did not write out in your speech.\n\nImran
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I would love to help you. Along with your essay, make a small project like a tree, and how each BRANCH(get it) works. Unfortunatly, You waited until last minute. I have done that; it is not the way to go
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Here is a website on Tips on writing Essays\n\nhttp://www2.actden.com/writ%5fden/tips/e...\n\nA complete essay is more than really can be posted in an answer here.\n\nIf you are having difficulty in finding research material for an essay, talk to the librarian at your library, they can help you find research material.
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The key to writing an essay is inspiration and structure. Assuming you have a topic, gather what information you can about it, allow your mind to explore the boundaries of that information and see what intersts you about it, then write down a list of those things in th eorder that they appear to be connected. Think of how you can interst your reader in that subject, a catchy title and a few words of introduction. Then work your way through each of your main points (depending on essay length there shouldn't be more than three or four) saying something engaging about each. Now think how you can wrap up what you are saying to finish off with a neat ending. For me the ending always referred back to the introduction in some way and included the words of the title. That brings the whole to a satisfactory conclusion in arounded sort of way. You have posed a question for your reader and and answered it. Try to vary your sentence lengths so as not to be too clunky and keep the language simple. Use of long or obscure words may seem clever at first sight but if they are not in common use can look like bragging - and if you get the wrong meaning of them will only make you look silly. Write in a manner that can be easily read aloud without tripping over or hesitation and you should do well. Good luck - essay writing was my favourite.... And remeber to check your spellings!
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YOU CANT \n\nYOU CAN BARELY COMPOSE A COMPREHENDABLE QUESTION\n\nSTART WITH TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR SCHOOL WORK \n\nAND READ A BOOK \n\n\nALSO TRY WRITING AN ESSAY\n\nDO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT ESSAY MEANS... LOOK IT UP I BET EVEN IF YOU THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE MEANING YOUR WRONG
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Study Skills, Essay Writing.\n\nAs the essay paper has evolved it has become more demanding with much more emphasis on posing questions which allow candidates to display the higher order skills. Professor Roy Wilkinson of Sheffield University has identified a pyramid of skills which A level examinations try to test.\n\nhttp://www.bized.ac.uk/reference/studyskills/essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.how-to-study.com/Essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html\n\nhttp://condor.depaul.edu/~dsimpson/style.htm\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/words/effectivewriting.htm\n\nhttp://www.studygs.net/\n\nhttp://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/mc/support/cwc/fpages/writing.html\n\nhttp://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html\n\nhttp://www2.actden.com/writ%5Fden/tips/essay/\n\nhttp://www.englishbiz.co.uk/\n\nhttp://www.english.bham.ac.uk/staff/tom/teaching/howto/essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.teachnlearn.org/index.htm\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/\n\nhttp://www.world-english.org/\n\nhttp://www.midlandit.co.uk/education/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.brocku.ca/library/reference/essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.englishforums.com/\n\nhttp://www.powa.org/\n\nhttp://www.tee-garden.com/eberman/Creative_Writing.html\n\nhttp://www.editorsforstudents.com/\n\nhttp://www.writinghelp-central.com/\n\nhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/\n\nhttp://essayinfo.com/\n\nhttp://mrbraiman.com\n\nhttp://www.scribendi.com/advice/improve_your_essay.en.html\n\nhttp://www.mindtools.com/speedrd.html\n\nThe essay map, an optional part of an essay's introduction, is often a helpful tool for writers and is sometimes a useful guide for readers. Fundamentally, an essay map is a listing of the major reasons, arguments, causes, or effects that will be discussed in the essay. At first, this notion may sound too "clunky" to be useful. For instance, if a writer provides readers with the following sentences...\n\nhttp://www.siue.edu/~smoiles/esymap.html\n\nGood luck\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Take a REALLY deep breath and start asking your questions ONE AT A TIME\n\nReading through your essay makes answering you a horribly daunting task.\n\nWe WILL help but you need to take the time to ask simple, clear questions - and not jumble everything together.\n\n"......i still cant seem to get stuff freed up. plus i cant run internet on it becasue we don't have a modem internet provider and i have to have the cd for the wireless card to hook up which i dont. plus i was wondering....."  \n\nEeeeeek!\n\n\n\n\n**update**  Uzzfluz, not all older PC's can drive XP I'm afraid, though I would be surprised if Windows 98se wouldn't be managable. He could even use his usb ports then too :)
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When you are writing an essay, pay much attention for the following matters because they are very important to an essay.\n\n1) To create a good essay, the writer should read widely and practice to write essays regularly.\n \n2) What is intended in any essay is your individual impression of the subject rather than what others may think about it.\n \n3) A little individuality is very essential to a essay.\n\n4) Writer must express what he knows clearly and try to capture the attention of the reader.\n\n5) When you attempt to create an essay, you should draw your attention on the following matters carefully.\n\n 1) Choice of the subject.\n2) Outline( planning)\n3) Models\n4) writing