Be correct in all ways.

If you are in higher level writing courses, you will be expected to argue a point and your professor or teacher is going to be expected to grade you on that point objectively and without his own personal bias. This is not what is meant by “be correct.” The worst thing you can do to tank your grade in the eyes of your teacher, professor, grader, peers, parents, and pets is to misuse a word that is too big and complicated for you to fully grasp its meaning. Speak within your limits and do not use a thesaurus in every sentence. It is only taking up your time and your teacher will be none the more impressed by it. Instead, use the words you’ve known since the third grade, but use them eloquently and without a margin of error. This is infinitely preferable to utilizing meaningless squabble as a guise by which you can meander, seemingly opportunistically. Yes, that last sentence was an example of exactly what not to do, even though everything in it might be used correctly. No matter if it is correct, is is unpleasant to the reader.

Actually try to argue a point.

If you are knew to the essay writing saloon and are yet to have the best essays in the game, then you may think it is okay to write from an objective point of view and straddle both sides of the fence in an issue. This is not the way to write a solid essay, you Nehru-level non-aligned person you. Instead, you want to argue the point you best identify with and pummel the other side to the ground! Effectively, your thesis statement should be your argument, and it should be followed by the statement that states by which three means you are going to be arguing your thesis. This is the best way to start an essay, because it gives both an organizational strategy and argument by which your writing can flow naturally.