<span>Pick a topic. ...Prepare an outline or diagram of your ideas. ...Write your thesis statement. ...Write the body. ...Write the introduction. ...Write the conclusion. ...</span>
<u>The following are the steps, in the correct order, for writing an essay:</u>
Define the thesis statement
Identify the audience and purpose
Organize the information and create an outline
Create a first draft
Revise and edit the essay
Explanation:
When writing an essay, it is helpful to have a series of steps before starting to write, in order to be organized and to go through the process of writing well-prepared. The first step would be to define the thesis statement, your thesis statement will be a concise and clear prompt that will work as a guide for the whole writing process, as it will refer to the main point being discussed in the essay. Once you have your thesis you can now start to think and identify what is the goal of the essay, and who are you expecting it to read it. Your audience and purpose will help you organize in which style you are going to present the information. After this, you can now organize all of the information you have gathered on the topic and create an outline of what order will you put it into. At this point you have everything you need to start writing the essay and you should be able to produce your first draft. The last step, of course, is to revise what you wrote and edit the essay.
