➡➡⬇The purpose of your essay is defined by the type of paper you're writing. There are three basic types of essay papers:Analytical - An analytical essay paper breaks down an idea or issue into its its key components. It evaluates the issue or idea by presenting analysis of the breakdown and/or components to the the reader.Expository - Also known as explanatory essays, expositories PROVIDE explanations of something.Argumentative - These type of essays, also known as persuasive essays, make a specific claim about a topic and then provide evidence and arguments to support the claim. The claim set forth in argumentative (persuasive) essays may be an opinion, an evaluation, an interpretation, cause-effect statement or a policy proposal. The purpose of argumentative essays is to convince or PERSUADE the reader that a claim is valid.Once you have defined the purpose of your essay, it's time to brainstorm. Don't choose just one topic right of the bat. Take some time to CONSIDER, contrast and weight your options. Get out a piece of paper and make a list of all the different topics that FIT the purpose of your essay. Once they're all down on paper, start by eliminating those topics that are difficult or not as relevant as others topics. Also, get rid of those topics that are too challenging or that you're just not that interested in. Pretty soon you will have whittled your list down to just a few topics and then you can make a final choice.Organize Your Ideas Using a Diagram or OutlineSome students get scared to start writing. They want to make sure they have all their thoughts organized in their head before they put anything down on paper. Creating a diagram or outline allows you to put pen to paper and start organizing your ideas. Don't worry or agonize over organization at this point, just create a moderately organized format for your information.Whether you use a diagram or outline doesn't really matter. Some people prefer and work better with the flowing structure of a diagram. Others like the rigid and logical structure of an outline. Don't fret, once you get started, you can always change formats if the format you chose isn't working out for you.DiagramThe following are useful steps for developing a diagram to organize ideas for your essay.Get started by drawing a circle in the middle of a paper just big enough to write in.Inside your circle, write your essay topic.Now draw three or four lines out from your circle.At the end of each of lines, draw another circle just slightly smaller than the circle in the middle of the page.In each smaller circle, write a main idea about your topic, or point you want to make. If this is persuasive (argumentative) essay, then write down your arguments. If the object of the essay is to explain a process (expository), then write down a step in each circle. If your essay is intended to be informative or explain (analytical), write the major categories into which information can be divided.Now draw three more lines out from each circle containing a main idea.At the end of each of these lines, draw another circle.Finally, in each of these circles write down facts or information that help support the main idea.Outline The following are useful steps for developing an outline to organize ideas for your essay.Take a page of paper and write your topic at the top.Now, down the left side of the page, under the topic, write Roman numerals I, II, and III, sequentially.Next to each Roman numeral, write the main points, or ideas, about your essay topic. If this is persuasive essay, write your arguments. If this an essay to inform, write the major categories into which information will be divided. If the purpose of your essay is to explain a process, write down each step of the process.Next, under each Roman numeral, write A, B, and C down the left hand side of the page.Finally, next to each letter, under each Roman numeral, write the information and/or facts that support the main point or idea. ☝☝hope its help you☝☝