BRAINSTORMED IDEAS
Abacha, cassava, tapioca, wet, dry, sauce, red oil, garnishing, garden egg, dry fish or fried fish, methods of preparation, local spices, aroma, celebration, utazi leaf, indigestion, digestion, appetizing, mouth-watering, efuru, melon spice, potassium, why some people dislike abacha, amazing secret, tomato, onions.
These ideas or points were what came to the writer’s head as he pondered on this essay topic. We can go on to select these ideas and arrange them accordingly the way they will appear in the essay paragraphs. Or, we can look at them and pick them randomly as they will suit the essay body. See the first and second paragraphs of the essay topic:
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MY FAVOURITE MEAL
Abacha is my favorite meal. It is a popular delicacy known as African salad. Tapioca, wet or dry is extracted from cassava. I don’t know for any other person, what attracts me to this delicacy is the aroma and the manner of garnishment.
The aroma of the local spices like efuru, ogiri, ugba, and ncha made of potassium or palm ashes make it always appetizing and lure people to demand it. The sauce which is made from these local spices is used in the preparation depending on the locality and the people. For the garnishing; garden eggs, onions, tomatoes, fish (dried or fry), green vegetables, ugha, etc are used. This is the reason this delicacy is irresistible. Like, some people accept the offer not because they eat it but because of these irresistible ingredients. Once you turn your back, they pick the meat, fish, or vegetables and dump the real meal (Abacha).
The listed ideas used so far in the paragraphs were highlighted for our attention. It is important to note here that an essay writer is not limited to brainstormed ideas. As he writes, other ideas may come. He may use or include the new ones and removes the old ideas or uses both.
Brainstormed ideas act as a soft reminder. It is a data bank for an essay writer. It makes the journey smooth in the middle of essay writing.