Essays

Click through the slideshow on the left to learn how to plan your essay before you start, so you know what to write about in every paragraph.

On the left, you can go through the slideshow lesson about the first paragraph of an analytical essay before you start writing.

Once you have your quotes, go through this lesson on the three body paragraphs to learn how to analyze them.

After you've discussed your claims and analyzed your evidence, read this lesson about conclusions to wrap it all up.

Click through this visual guide for step-by-step instructions on setting up an MLA formatted essay in Google Docs:

• Visual MLA Format Steps

• MLA Citation Cheat Sheet

• Example MLA Formatted Essay

Review these sample sentence frames to get an idea of the pattern of a basic 5-paragraph analytical essay:

• Visual Sentence Frame - 3 Sets

• Sentence Frames for Book Essay

• Sentence Frames for Play Essay

Discover everything you'll be scored on when you look through the state essay scoring guide and these resources:

• Oregon State Essay Scoring Guide

• Essay Scoring Checklist

• Student Samples with Scores