Separating two ideas into two sentences can help prevent a comma splice.

Add a semicolon when sentences are closely related.

If you add a coordinating conjunction, your sentence will be a proper sentence.

Does your sentence have an action and something that is performing that action?

If you have a fragment, your idea will not be communicated clearly.

If your sentence doesn't have a subject/verb and a complete thought, it is a fragment.

Vivid details are extremely important in a narrative, and you should keep the 5 senses in mind when writing.

Each of those major events can be the main idea of one paragraph.

What is the central conflict you are trying to resolve?

What are the major events of the story you want to tell?

Show the reader what you mean instead of just saying it.

Keep the purpose of your essay in mind when writing the description.

If you lack details in a narrative, your audience won't fully understand your purpose.

Do you have personal experience with what is being said? Do you already have knowledge on the topic? This will help you better understand the text.

Reading a text multiple times will help you fully understand it and you will be able to summarize it better.

Do you have questions? Do you have more you want to expand on?

A body of text can mean many different things and it is your job to find what you think the meaning is.

What questions do you have for the text? Do you agree with what is being said?

Becoming a critical reader will not only make your writing easier but it will also make it better.

What information in the text supports the point you want to make?

What is the main point of the text?

The reader should be able to introduce the text to an audience and make a point that is backed up by evidence.

Why should people care about this topic?

The conclusion should reiterate your thesis statement.

Your introduction should make the reader want to know more about your topic.

Since your introduction is shorter than your body paragraphs, you need to make sure it is to the point and states exactly what you want to say.

Does your paragraph have examples and evidence? Have you explained those examples and pieces of evidence?

Have you caught the reader's attention in the introduction? Have you restated your thesis in the conclusion?

Have you written your paragraphs in an order that makes sense?

Is your thesis narrow enough and makes a point that can be argued?

Revision involves extreme critical thinking and involves being critical of what you have just written.

This will make it to where you really explain and go in depth on what you are trying to say.

How can you write for different audiences?

Knowing your audience greatly affects what you say in your writing, so it is important to know who your audience is.

This is important for learning to read like a writer. Can you summarize what you have just read? What are your thoughts on the text?

What do you think about the text? Do you agree or disagree with the text?

It is important to get into the mindset of taking notes as you read a body of text to really understand what you are reading.

The end of the paragraph should be linked back to the thesis and tell the reader why that paragraph matters.

This is where your thoughts shine. Did you explain and analyze the evidence?

What is the evidence you have to support your point?

What is the point of that paragraph?

Did you link the paragraph to the next one?

Did you explain the evidence?

Do you have evidence for what you are conveying?

What do you want to convey in that paragraph?

Being confident in your claim helps the reader have faith in what you are saying.

Can you back up your thesis statement?

Your thesis statement is not a fact. It is a point of view that should be able to be argued.

Your thesis statement should not be broad. It should take a subject and narrow it down.

Asking this is important to form the thesis statement.

The thesis statement is not just the topic but the opinion that you want to state about the topic.

The entire essay will support the thesis statement.

What is your specific focus?

A thesis statement is specific.

The reader wants to know exactly what they are going to read about.

You don't want this. Your essay needs to have a purpose.

Very important. You should know what you want to accomplish with your essay.

What do you think about the topic? Is there a clear voice?

What is the audience? Is there a clear beginning, middle, and end?

What is the essay's purpose? What do you want to convey?

Our opinion on subjects evolve.

This is a good place to start. What do you already know about the topic? What do you think about it?

You construct essays everywhere, just in a different format.

Description essays should use sensory details that appeal to your five senses.

Subjective language is our own subjective view. Do we like the way it looks? What about the way it feels?

An objective description is the way that the object objectively is like the dimensions and materials.

Building your vocabulary makes reading easier which then makes your writing easier.

Making inferences to a text will help you make conclusions about what the meaning and purpose of the text is.

Outlining will help you see the details of the texts and how everything goes together.

Summarizing the text and its main points will help you know if you were able to comprehend it.

Is the authors conclusion backed up?

Is the evidence accurate?

Critical reading is extremely important. You should be able to analyze texts and see if you should accept, reject, or think about these ideas further.

What are your own summaries of the text?

Highlight main points of the paragraphs

You want to answer the questions you had at the beginning.

Words that are bold are important.

Annotating is a great strategy for active reading.

Engaging with the text will help you understand the deeper meaning.

Asking questions at the beginning can help you be an active reader by looking for the answers.

Chunking the text breaks the reading down and makes it more manageable. This can help you find the main points.

Previewing helps you get an idea of the main point and purpose of the text.

After you have read the text, you should share your ideas. Summarizing the main idea but also talk about your insights.

When you first read a text, comprehend and learn. This will help you summarize what the writer is trying to say.

What is being described?

What do you want to emphasize for the reader?

The introduction will tell you the tone and focus of the essay.

The thesis is going to say what you think about the thing you are describing.

You appeal to the physical senses with the five senses and the emotional senses with feelings.

The dominant impression is the mood you create with the reader.

When writing description essays, you want to appeal to the five senses.

Lastly, wrap up your ideas in your paragraph.

Third, explain how the evidence supports your claim.

Second, back up your claim with evidence.

First, make your point which should relate to the topic sentence which then relates to the thesis statement.

Talking about your personal experience can make the writer feel you know what you are talking about.

Testimonys can add great credibility because these are people who have direct experience with the topic.

Statistics, in my opinion, are one of the best ways to back up your essay points. They make it much more believable, but it is important to use reliable sources.

Quotations from people who know a lot about your subject can make your point more credible.

Evidence is extremely important. It makes your point more credible and makes you look like you know what you are talking about.

Using examples helps the reader link your thesis to specific moments.

Each topic sentence must be backed up with supporting points. Using examples and evidence makes your essay stronger.

Each body paragraph has a topic sentence that adds to your thesis statement making it stronger.

Asking a question makes the reader want to reflect on the topic after reading your essay.

Making a prediction gets the reader thinking about the future.

Showing the effects of what is being said in your essay can make the reader better understand the impact.

The conclusion should be written under the assumption that the reader thinks your thesis is true and tell them what should happen next.

A conclusion should rephrase your thesis and conclude with general thoughts that bring the reader out of the essay.

If you start your essay with a question, it immediately peaks the readers interest and makes them want to find the answer in your essay.

Telling a story in your introduction helps the reader connect on a personal level and it might make it mean something more to them.

Sharing something interesting or shocking at the beginning of your introduction makes people more interested in what you have to say. It also gives you credibility out the gate.

The Introduction is where you state your thesis and main point.

Introductions are important to catch the reader's attention and make them want to read your essay.

A thesis statement is never a question because the point you are trying to make is not clear.

If the statement is too broad, it is going to be very generic and uninteresting.

Obvious fact doesn't allow for you to expand.

Your thesis should be reasonable and able to be backed up.

Announcing your subject makes it not as clear.

If your thesis statement is not specific enough, it makes it difficult to have a meaningful conversation about it.

A thesis statement cannot be a fact. It has to state a point of view that someone could disagree with.

You must be able to back up your thesis statement. If not, you need a new thesis.

The thesis statement is the topic and the main point of the ENTIRE essay.

This keeps unity within the paragraph and adds to your topic sentence.

These are extremely important for helping the essay flow and connect.

Are you using the right type of organizational pattern for your essay?

Having paragraphs that are not too short and not too long can help keep the reader engaged with what you are saying.

Do you have enough details to drive your topic sentence and main idea home?

How can you summarize the paragraph's main point?

What are the details you can use to support your main point?

What is the main idea and the writer's point?

Paragraph has three main parts: topic sentence, body, and conclusion.

Do you have subjects, verbs, and a complete thought? Are you using simple,compound,and complex sentences?

Reading your essay out loud is going to help you see if things are not worded well.

Editing is for improving your writing style. Is your essay polished? Do you have correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure?

If you know you struggle with certain things, check those places for errors first.

Are your paragraphs in a logical order?

You don't need to say the exact same thing multiple times. Are there new things you can add to the idea?

This is a very common problem. Shortening a sentence can make it more impactful.

Have you fully explained your ideas? Would someone unfamiliar with the topic understand?

Do your ideas connect? If not, maybe that idea can be a separate paragraph.

Sometimes words make sense in your head but not when said out loud.

Who is your audience? Are you able to connect with them with what you are writing?

Goals are the key to success. Set goals to improve your essays and writing assignments.

Take breaks and let your mind rest but don't take too long of breaks because it might be harder for you to start up again.

Take it one step at a time.

A draft does not need to be perfect. It will be improved later and not getting started makes things harder.

Is your outline fully fleshed out? Does it make sense?

Each main point will have sub-points that are the details of the main point and expand on what you want to say.

What are the main points you want your essay to say?

This is the first step of the outline. What is your topic and main point?

Skipping an outline actually adds time because your thoughts are not organized so you are organizing and composing at the same time.

Free writing, listing, asking questions, and mind mapping are great prewriting techniques.

Prewriting gives you techniques to help formulate ideas in your mind for your topic.

What do you already know about the topic? This is a good place to start.

Prewriting helps you narrow down your topic. What do you find interesting about it?

What do you want to write about?

Prewriting helps you get started on your ideas.

Prewriting can help you with "writer's block" and help you get started.

Lastly, look for errors in your grammar and punctuation.

Evaluate where content like your argument and evidence can be improved.

Use the outline to write an essay that includes an introduction, body, and conclusion.

Organize your thoughts into something that makes sense.

Prewriting if for figuring out what you want to write about

A reward can motivate you to complete the task.

This makes you more committed to do the task that needs to be done.

This makes it less overwhelming and is very useful.

The quicker you get started, the earlier you can get help if you have questions.

This is something I struggle with. I want everything to be perfect the first time around instead of realizing writing is a process.

If you don't write anything, the outcome is going to be much worse.

Everyone can be good at writing if you just learn the fundamentals.