Steps to create a great essay

  • Understand the prompt you are given

    Using multiple colors to highlight the key verbs, nouns, and what needs to be included in the essay. For nouns I higlighted explain and evidence, contact and exchange, and six factors of cultural exchange. For verbs i highlighted utilizing, explain, answer the question, and give examples. And i underlined from 300 to 1500, population growth, migrations,states and empires, trade networks, the spread of ideas and beliefs,and diffusion of crops and technology.
  • Take a stance and decide on your main points.

    Decise wether you are for, or against the topic. And create your reasoning for how,and why, the six factors of cultural exchange increased.
  • Thesis statement

    Create you'r thesis statment that includes your stance on the topic given, or write the main points you will include in you'r essay. Specific examples could include how the diffusion of crops increased trade, or how religion increase contact and exchange.
  • Data and Research

    Reaserch the topic to find information and data to support your position. Find specic places, dates, and people. Example; the Silk Road, cotton, Islam, and 300 C.E..
  • Outline

    Make an outline for the essay. Include the main points you will use in you'r introduction, body paragraphs, opposing arguement, and conclusion. These main points can come from the topics of population growth, migration, states and empires, trade networks, spread of ideas and beliefs, also diffusion of crops and technologies.
  • Introduction

    Write you'r introduction paragraph. Rember to start out using a grabber sectence to draw in the audience, also include your stance on the topic and an overview of the main points you will bring up in the body paragraphs. The introduction should include you'r main points of how contact and exchange increased from 300 to 1500 C.E..
  • Body Paragraphs

    Write you'r body paragraphs. Rember to keep in mind you'r position when given explainations, and using data. In the body paragraphs thoughly expalin how all six factors of cultural exchange increased from 300-1500 C.E..
  • Conclusion

    Write you'r conclusion. In this parargraph summerize all your main points, include you'r thesis statement, and end leaving the reader persuaded to you'r position on the topic. Summerize the reasons how cultural exchange increased utilizing the six factors.