在国外，人们都管话题作文和论文统称ESSAY。Essay可以看做是
说明文，也可以是
议论文。总体来说就是引用别的事物来证明某个观点。
组成部分
它分三个部分
1.main idea主题
example
2.supporting parts(details)(细节)
3.concluding sentence
结束语我的老师说一篇ESSAY最少要三句话，就是我刚刚所写的大的主体。
另外journal 和 ESSAY 有些相似，journal更不规范些，就像是博客里写的随笔，日志，但不是日记,不记录心情.
一篇essay的主要组成有三部分，introduction（introductory paragraph），a body （at least one ，but usually two or more paragraphs），and a conclusion（concluding paragraph）
introduction包括：general statements and thesis statement
body paragraph包括：paragraph A：topic sentence—1support and detail（or examples）—2support and detail（or examples）—3support and detail（or examples）—concluding sentence
paragraph B：结构同A
paragraph C：结构同A
（paragraph数量至少一个，但大学论文在三个三个以上为好。）
conclusion paragraph包括： restament or summary of the main points；final comment
分段方法
在加拿大ESSAY从10年级开始正式的学习，在这之前一般都是journal.
ESSAY STRUCTURE
Introductory paragraph 总起段
Thesis statement 中心
Argument #1
Argument #2
Argument #3
Concluding sentence结束句
Body Paragraph #1中间段1
Topic sentence总起句
Explanation #1
Explanation #2
Explanation #3
Concluding Sentence结束句
Body Paragraph #2中间段2
Topic sentence
Explanation #1
Explanation #2
Explanation #3
Concluding Sentence
Body Paragraph #3中间段3
Topic sentence
Explanation #1
Explanation #2
Explanation #3
Concluding Sentence
Concluding Paragraph总结段
*Paraphrase!
Restate thesis
Summarize arguments
Concluding Statement
essay一般有五段
第一段是introduction
二到四段是body paragraph
最后一段是conclusion
第一段最后一句话叫做thesis statement
包括topic，controling idea 和predictor
第一段的写作手法一般分为anecdote，quotation，general to specific，interesting facts or statistics，historical introduction。
body paragraph一般每一段都有三个main support，每个main support都附带minor support
concluding paragraph一般有两种手法。
restatement and final comment。
In the first paragragh, let others know what are you writing about. Then, bring out the points and explain it. A good essay does not need to be a long one. It just need to have a good grammar, relevent points and good explanation. Add proverbs and good words if you can.