How To Write An Essay: Structure

[ArielBissett]

I really hope that this series has been a helpful tool for anyone who wants some help improving their essays. I'm so glad I got the chance to make it and thank you to everyone who supported this on my channel!

[jillianunrau]

I wanted to procrastinate writing my essay so I went on Youtube, but then this video showed up in my sub box...it seems like a sign that I should get back to work lol

[sahar]

How come this came at the exact perfect time !? I have an English Exam tomorrow ✨ thank you 💛

[anotherbloodyfeminist]

I needed this video. Going to use it to help me plan my lessons! I have 3 GCSE students (2 English lit, 1 history) and they're all underconfident about essay writing and structure.

[ReeseSanDiego]

I'm currently a freshman in High School and I've really been wanting to stray from the five-paragraph format. It seems so elementary and I feel like I can't write to my fullest potential when using it. I recently had to do an essay about how an author's life affects their writing (mine was about Mark Twain) and it was the first time I didn't use the five-paragraph! I was really happy with the outcome and felt like it was more mature and cohesive. The next essay I have coming up is a persuasive essay and I get to choose topic (it's supposed to be something world/society related, like a political, social, etc. issue). I'm thinking about doing mine on the "model minority"/Asian stereotyping. I'm excited to write another paper without the five paragraphs!

[AnnRey]

Im already loving the new changes in your channel. 💕

[SpookiestAlice]

I always found the five paragraph essay to be really restrictive so learning that we didn't use them in higher ed was such a blessing. And one of the best bits of advice I've gotten from one of my professors on editting is that once you finish your first draft, shift your conclusion to the beginning and start again for revising.

And this really reminds me that I need to get in gear to work on an essay I want to write

[mcNoa]

I can't even tell you how helpful this was. You compacted everything so neatly without making it seem rushed and you explain things so clearly and precisely! THANK YOU Ariel, I love this series and your videos in general (I have gotten many successful book recommendations thanks to them)! 💛💕✨

[mockingbirds]

thank u so much Ariel!! i'm in my last year of an Art History degree and so much of this i was like "oh gosh i need to remember to do that/note that down." i'm currently writing an essay on 18th Century French artists Antoine Watteau and Jean-Honore Fragonard, examining in particular their symbolic and allegorical use of swing imagery within genre paintings. i'm gonna rewatch this series during the editing of my essays for sure!!!! ❤

[nicksinjeans]

My two big essays this semester are my undergrad senior research projects. First one is going to end up being a 20 page paper on Fahrenheit 451. The other is for my history minor and it will be another 20 page research paper on a specific location on the southwest side of my town that I feel deserves more recognition in this city's history. All fun stuff!! I'm loving it.

[implespaynter]

Can you do a video on sentence structure? Like how to use commas,
semicolons, and other things like that? I know that may sound silly but that’s something I never learned in school. And I’m a big reader so I can see how a comma can effective the flow of a sentence, to really convey the writer’s thought accurately.

[brinleetesch]

This could not have come at a better time. I'm currently revising my essay on the merits of weaponizing food and I was struggling with creating a cohesive structure. Thank you Ariel! 😊

[freyfrey]

After nearly a decade away from school, I've started studying and finally these videos make sense to me! Thank you for the time you put into the series Ariel <3

[biologbrallan]

YES! Thank you for this! I know you talked about that this sort of content might not be what most of your followers want from you, but I can tell you that I've been a fan of you for years and love everything you put up and your instagram makes my day - and these videos couldn't have been better for me right now. I have three essays for my university course to write in a matter of two weeks and I'm stressing out, and this has been really really helpful! So thank you!

[lipa]

Thank you so much for this video! I needed this so bad! For the last week I was procrastinating on starting to write my essay because I did not know how. This is so helpful, more effective and coherent than any of my real life classes.

[yoursleepparalysisdemon]

I have an SOL on writing an entire essay so this is helping and I’m watching your other videos on the essay to so THANK YOU!

[MissOlivetti]

Hi Ariel! Thank you so much! In 2 weeks I have a HUGE exam (the first out of 4 in order to become a top level civil servant) and it consists on writing 2 essays in 4 hours, one on current events and the other on social science. They give us the titles and we have to respond to those titles in a coherent well structured text. This was so helpful, even if the exam is in Spanish, it is all perfectly applicable. Muchísimas gracias! I love your videos. Keep up the great work! Xx

[ciaoitalo]

This is very helpful! I'm in the military and I've recently started going back to school and it's really difficult to get back into the swing of how to write essays and the like when I've been 'out of it' for so long. So thank you for making these, I appreciate them!

[RickiHill-bmts]

Hi Ariel! I am currently planning out a Sociology Essay due this term. You are so personable and to the point. This video is so so so helpful. Thank you

[lasaves]

Holy shit, I have been struggling soooo much with essays recently, plus, I’m about to start one this weekend. I NEEDED THIS VIDEO THANK YOU ARIEL