Post-5: Summary Post on the Elements of the Writing Theory

Dear All,
I am sorry I wrote a very detailed post with a lot of information you need to remember to write more confidently and with a better understanding of what you should pay attention to. Unfortunately, though, it disappeared when I started publishing it. No idea why it happened because I was doing it on my laptop and the connection was good.

So, here is what I was able to restore:

Patterns of organization: can help you revise the main patterns of essay organisation
https://www.thoughtco.com/essay-organization-patterns-1857330

Here is a helpful resource with information about the things to remember when writing different types of essays:
https://www.bestcustomwriting.com/blog/types-of-academic-writing 

Also, here is a reminder about the essay organization patterns:
Patterns of organization

More about writing an Opinion essay: Opinion Essay

More about an Argumentative essay: Argumentative Essay


Things to Remember... (to be continued)


Content pages: 
p. 1: https://drive.google.com/open?id=191R_WwCEE_tO5H3KH09WKWrtQVD3fukJ




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