is much easier to write an essay if you have an outline, especially for a long assignment.
think carefully about your topic. ask yourself what question your essay is going to answer. ask yourself how you can best answer this question. ask yourself what aspect of the answer is the most important. ask yourself how you can craft a thesis statement from the most important aspect of your answer. ask yourself which facts you can use to support the thesis. then ask yourself how you can make your essay interesting and whether you need additional facts to write it. if you do, then figure out where you will get those facts.
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