How to write an essay? A short guide to increase your skills

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[...] It will be seen later in the lesson. In the Essay, there is not ‘Transitions' between paragraphs. Only the last sentence of the previous paragraph can imply the subject of the following one, but not more needed. Methodology of the Essay The essay has quite the same construction as the French dissertation. The question asked will, of course, determine the concrete structure of your writing, but in the big lines, they are very similar. Introduction The introduction must be brief. [...]

[...] How to write an essay? I. What is an Essay? An essay is the English equivalent of a dissertation in French. You will be asked a question about a subject, or a fact, and you will have to develop about it. The Particularity of the Essay An essay has some particularities, that differentiate it from the French dissertation. Indeed, even if the same type of questions is asked, the content and the reflexion is not exactly the same. The essay is usually 400–450 words long (40–45 lines). [...]

[...] We will finish showing how religions can impact a job]. First, according to the country, the way of managing a team, or even a company, can be really different. Culture has a big impact on the way people are thinking, and on their view of the world. Some things can seem impolite in some country, and it can have no impact to another. According to the country, we do not dress the same, we do not speak the same way, or we do not have the same relationships with our colleagues. [...]

[...] - Is travelling beneficial for everyone? - Can someone live a happy life if disabled? Vocabulary of essays For the structure First To start Firstly Then Secondly To go on To follow on To continue To explain To develop To deal with To answer An issue A matter A question An answer To conclude In conclusion To finish To summarize To express your opinion I think To me As far as I am I believe concerned In my opinion In my mind I agree I Disagree To refer to a source According to As we know The key figures A well-known story To take the example An interesting To show As an example, we of something fact can speak about Example: Impressionism is an art movement that was led by a painter called Claude Monnet. [...]

[...] (You can now give your opinion about the subject, in one sentence. (Finishing by an opening is not obliged, but always welcomed. Examples of essay subjects: - Are culture and work compatible? - Can we say of a prisoner that he is free? - Should a gap year be imposed for all students by the government? - Is the Covid-19 pandemic a positive or a negative thing? - Is living old a happy end of life? - Is global warming a political weapon? [...]