In General:
Remember that your success largely depends on your ability to present relevant and persuasive arguments related to your opinion or position on the writing prompt topic.
Write down everything, documenting your development process. Even if your essay is poor, showing your thought process and progression from rough ideas to finished essay will earn points.
During the First Session:
Write down a concise, direct, and clear statement of your opinion or position on the essay topic.
Brainstorm, writing down ideas for arguments you might present to support or justify your opinion.
Identify and write down examples, facts, or details that bolster each of these arguments.
Select the three or four arguments that seem the strongest or most persuasive.
Think about how to order and link the arguments you select, numbering them and writing down notes on key transitional phrases or ideas.
Write down a summarizing and concluding statement.
Write a quick first draft of your essay beginning with your position statement, followed by your arguments connected with transition statements and in the planned order, and ending with a summary and conclusion paragraph.
During the Final Session:
Focus on strengthening arguments, connections and transitions, and the concluding paragraph.
Refine your sentence structures and diction, and check your punctuation, capitalization, and adherence to rules of grammar and usage.
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