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Writing Developing the First Draft

When you write your essay, use your outline or organized list as a general guide.

Beginning 🟪 The beginning part of your essay is very important. You need to get the reader’s attention, introduce your topic, and state the problem. Therefore, you need to be clear and clever at the same time.

Middle 🟪 The middle part of your essay is where the real work gets done. You need to break down the problem into its causes and effects and provide specific solutions to fix the problem. As you move from one paragraph to the next, use transition words to help your reader follow along. Here are some common ones.

First of all

In addition

Also

Next

For that matter

Lastly

The best solution

The final thing

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