1. WRITING SKILLSWRITING SKILLS
CED 1224CED 1224
Lecture 3Lecture 3
What is good essay writing?What is good essay writing?
Murni SalinaMurni Salina
Fac of Education & Social ScienceFac of Education & Social Science
UNISEL Bestari JayaUNISEL Bestari Jaya

2. What is good essay writing?
• The ideas that you have written down
must supported by other documents
such as from reference materials,
discussion and other related
materials.
• The complex ideas is arranged so
that they are not repeated.

3. • Begin with an attractive opening – the
first paragraph must be attractive to
reader. Used simple words that you
really know about the meaning or with
regards to the readers. Use short
simple sentence but clear.
What is good essay writing?

4. • Recheck the vocabulary, spelling,
grammar, etc. when you finish
writing.
• Signify the important points or
indicate it.
What is good essay writing?

5. What are the criteria in
good essay writing?
• First, the topic chosen must be the topic that you are
interested with.
• The topic also determined by your existing knowledge and
the availability of resources.
• You must also consider the readers, the situation for the
essay to be represented.
• Lastly, you must always think of what is the purpose of the
essay.

6. • A good essay is represented in a simple form of language,
simple and common vocabulary, simple terminologies, and
short sentences and well organized coherent paragraph.
• The flow of the points is also well arranged and in a proper
sequence. The point is also indicated and signifies all the
major points in its paragraph. Indicate the major point by
any sign you like to use such as underlining, italic font,
bolding, etc. It will make reading easier.
• Every paragraph should have its own major points separated
from other major points by other paragraph. The major
points must be explained by the minor points and supporting
points.
What are the criteria in
good essay writing?

7. • Use a recommended font, size and space required. Don’t use
any kind of font. Don’t use any fancy words.
• The points used should be valid and easily understood by
the readers. Follow exactly the format of writing such as
the introduction to the chapter, body section and summary.
• Way of writing references and attaching the appendix must
also follow the correct format recommended.
What are the criteria in
good essay writing?

8. What are the factors that
affect your essay?
• You are not sure when choosing the topic. You do not have
the background knowledge about the topic concerned. It
becomes worst if the resources are limited. You are also not
interested on the topic.
• You don’t have any particular format in writing your
assignment and you don’t take any effort to know how to
write a good essay.
• You have preconceived ideas by expecting the reader to
know about what you write. Thus your explanation is also
scattered everywhere.
• Repeating the same point will down grade your essay.

9. What should you do before
writing an essay?
• Choose a topic
– Does this topic interest me and the public?
– Do I have enough background knowledge?
– What is the real topic?
– What makes me want to explain on this particular topic?
– How do I organize the points?
– Who is the reader?
– How to make this topic interesting?

10. What is the advantage to
the readers?
• Your essay is your opinion to be shared to the readers. Your
writing is not only regarding the points to be delivered, but
it is related to the getting attention and interest from the
readers.

11. How to write?
• You must know the right format in writing a good essay.
Sometime the teacher will give you the format. Sometimes
they just ignore and you are required to find out yourself.
Without any guidance in writing an essay you are just like a
blind person with an arrow that you don’t know where the
right target is. If there is a format you have to follow as
introduced by the school then follow exactly the guidelines
in writing the essay.

12. Draft
• A draft of ideas that comprises of major points, minor
points and supporting points is needed to present the whole
idea before you begin to write. Writing the outline about
what you are going to write is important so that you can
allocate enough content to the objectives of writing.

13. Sources of references
• Before you choose any topic, please make sure that you will
have enough resources. At times, the resources available
may mislead you in the middle of a discussion. It can also
lead you to difficulties in completing task.