Question

I need to type a simple simple 5 paragraph essay. I just want some assistance on to get started, thanks!

Answer 1

Hello!
Are you writing an argumentative essay (i.e. giving your opinion on a topic)? If so, this is a pattern you might use:

(As an example, imagine you need to argue on whether mobiles phones are good or bad for society.)

1st paragraph: introduce the topic and state your basic point of view
- Example: *Actualmente los moviles son una herramienta que casi todos usamos... En mi opinion, los moviles son buenos siempre y cuando...*

2nd paragraph: develop your arguments: argument 1
- How to start: *En primer lugar, ...* [= first of all]

3rd paragraph: develop your arguments: argument 2
- How to start: *En segundo lugar, ...* [= secondly]

4nd paragraph: develop your arguments: argument 3
- How to start: *En tercer lugar, ...* [= thirdly]

5th paragraph: sum up what you've said:
- How to start: *En resumen, ...* [= To sum up]

Hope this helps!
Blessings

P.S.: Sorry I'm not including accent [*movil* needs an accent on the "o", and *opinion* on the 2nd "o"], which I can't do from my computer.

Answer 2

Thankd for your effort and help. But its not an argumentive essay its actuaaly a personal narrative by talking or eeplaining about your life and what you did here and there etc.

Answer 3

Im still in search of help by the way on this essay

Answer 4

Hello!
Perhaps you could use the typical pattern for stories... Know what I mean...?

1- Stories usually begin by introducing some CHARACTERS;
2- then a PROBLEM comes up, which someone needs to solve;
3- finally the problem is SOLVED,
4- and so the story ENDS.

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Though this may seem difficult, it doesn't need to be: just think of a time when something (a problem) happened to you... Perhaps it was a day on which you and your family went out for a picnic... So:

1- On a sunny day, you and your family went for a picnic:
*Un bonito dia de verano, mi familia y yo...*

2- Then a problem arises... Perhaps you left something behind (at home)... or your car runs out of petrol, and there isn't a gas station nearby...
You'd say something like: *De repente nos dimos cuenta de que el coche se estaba quedando sin gasolina...* ("Suddenly we realized...")

3- How did you overcome that problem? Try and explain that, saying (for example) who did what.
So: *Entonces mi padre penso...* ("Then my father thought...")

4- And then... come to a conclusion.
Something like: *Asi que, gracias a Dios, finalmente pasamos un dia precioso en el campo.* ("So thank God, we eventually had a lovely day out in the country.")

Hope this helps!
Blessings

P.S.: Sorry I'm not including accent, which I can't do from my computer.