Essay Writing Structure

The -ing Start

Starting a sentence with a word ending in the letters -ing.

Deciding, Speaking, Seeing, Grasping, Rising, Looking, Holding, Emerging, Taking, Talking, Shouting, Signalling, Analysing, Running, Walking, Thinking, Sprinting, Anticipating

Examples in a sentence:

Walking at a faster pace than usual, I made my way to class.

Darting my eyes around the room, I spot two possible exits, one on either side of the room.

The Better Quote Paragraph Structure

Clever paragraph structure for revealing why one idea is superior to another.

-Deliver your key idea

-Quote an expert and then in the following sentence tell us what they mean by this

-Quote expert two and tell us what they mean

-In 2-3 sentences say why quote 2 is superior, more challenging, more insightful than quote 1 and why.

Example of a better quote paragraph structure-

The act of unwinding a child and harvesting their organs without giving them any say is wrong and dehumanising. 'I was never going to amount to much anyway, but now, statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless' -Samson Ward. What he means when he says this is the fact his parents chose to unwind him proves he wasn't worth the effort, but if someone else who gets a part of him goes on to do incredible things, then at least he technically did something useful in the end. However, many others entirely disagree with Samson's logic. (To be finished)

Quickly, the class made their way to the auditorium.
During the Second World War, 85 million people lost their lives.
Stunned, he stumbled backwards, taking a few moments to regain his balance.
Blinding me with it's light, the sun emerged from the clouds.
When the bell finally rang, we all ran to the gym, excited to start training.