Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- A guide to the book's icons: what do they mean?
- Part 1 The basics
- Part 2 Getting down to writing
- Chapter 3 Analysing and answering the question
- Chapter 4 The writing process
- Chapter 5 Writing an introduction
- Chapter 6 Writing the body of your essay
- Chapter 7 Writing summaries and conclusions
- Chapter 8 Referencing and quotations
- Chapter 9 Stylistic issues
- Chapter 10 Writing up small-scale research projects or dissertations
- Frequently asked questions
- Linguistics glossary
- Task key
- References
- Index
Chapter 6 - Writing the body of your essay
from Part 2 - Getting down to writing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- A guide to the book's icons: what do they mean?
- Part 1 The basics
- Part 2 Getting down to writing
- Chapter 3 Analysing and answering the question
- Chapter 4 The writing process
- Chapter 5 Writing an introduction
- Chapter 6 Writing the body of your essay
- Chapter 7 Writing summaries and conclusions
- Chapter 8 Referencing and quotations
- Chapter 9 Stylistic issues
- Chapter 10 Writing up small-scale research projects or dissertations
- Frequently asked questions
- Linguistics glossary
- Task key
- References
- Index
Summary
‘What's the best way to organise and present the ideas in the main part of the essay?’
What's covered in the body?
As its name suggests, the body of a piece of writing is the main part, where you present and develop your main ideas; put crudely, it's all the stuff that appears between the introduction and the conclusion – the ‘middle bit’ . . . which is why, even in our early years of secondary school, we're taught that a piece of writing should consist of a beginning, a middle and an end. Remember that?
So, although, as we've seen, the introduction plays an important framing role in your writing, and the conclusion similarly serves a clear and necessary function, it's in the body that the great bulk of your discussion takes place.
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- Writing Essays in English Language and LinguisticsPrinciples, Tips and Strategies for Undergraduates, pp. 100 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012