Finding A Professionally-Written Essay Sample


Essay samples can be found in many places online. The trouble that students have with finding them is finding good ones. You can usually find some pretty easily on any topic if you know where to look. There are countless sites that host free samples for any number of subjects. Ideally, you should be looking for these things in a good essay sample:

  • A similar subject matter/topic to yours
  • A similar length and structure to yours
  • Well written essays that are free of errors
  • Essays with bibliographies or citations for examples of sources to use
  • An expert writing the essay who knows what they’re talking about
  • The right number of paragraphs and arguments like yours
  • No plagiarism

After finding a good example (or a few!) you can start working from it to create your own essay. Make sure you do stick very closely to your teacher’s instructions, because that’s what you’ll be graded on. If the sample you chose is different from what your teacher wants in one area, then you’ll have to find a balance where you write well but still follow instructions.

Writing Using an Essay Sample

The whole point of having a sample to use is to follow its structure and ideas without copying the words. So take a read or two of your sample and write down some notes. You’ll need to know:

  • How long is the average paragraph?
  • How are the ideas organized?
  • What do the transitions between arguments look like?
  • What about the introduction grabs your attention?
  • Does the conclusion do a good job of wrapping things up? How?
  • Look at the tone of the essay: is it reflective, optimistic, realistic, or serious?

Once you have those things identified, you’re ready to put them into use in your own essay. Start by fleshing out your ideas for your own topic and what arguments you could have in the body of the essay. Use the parts you liked from the sample (in your own words of course) along with what you think works for your topic. Keep going back and forth with this until you have a seamless blending of the example and your own ideas. Then you just need to double check everything with your teacher’s guidelines. Make sure you didn’t plagiarise or steal any of the exact words from the essay sample. You can easily use the main ideas and structure while still making it your own.



Structured Content and Logic Presentation

Each of essay sections should be well defined and written clearly. This means you should know what details to include while minimizing the amount needed. You may need to rewrite each section more than once before settling on your final copy. You should also remember to proofread, edit, and revise as these elements help make your structure more solid. Think about your details in how you want readers to view it from your perspective.

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