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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