Question

You have been asked to write an essay in class. Which option represents the best approach to take when preparing to write the rough draft of your essay?
Look up the spelling of all the words before writing your rough draft.
Let your ideas take shape as you write your rough draft.
Plan out the main ideas before writing your rough draft.
Plan out the main ideas and details before writing your rough draft.

Answer 1

The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by your question is the fourth choice.

The best approach to take when preparing to write the rough draft of an essay is to "Plan out the main ideas and details before writing your rough draft."

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Answer 2

The correct answer is D. Plan out the main ideas and details before writing your rough draft.

Explanation:

Writing an essay is generally considered as a process of multiple stages, the first one consisting on knowing what you want to write about and the last one consisting on publishing your texts or handing it out to your teacher or audience. In general terms after choosing the topic and before start writing it is a good idea to create a summary including the thesis statement or main claim that will guide the essay, the main reasons or ideas to support that thesis secondary ideas and the details such as evidence or examples that explain the secondary ideas and thus support the thesis statement, this summary is formally called an outline and helps the reader know what would be the content and facilitates all the writing process, thus creating an outline (plan out ideas and details) is the best approach before writing the first draft.