Read the prompt carefully. Respond to the prompt by writing 1-2 paragraphs. Each paragraph should contain multiple sentences. Provide specific details and/or examples to support your ideas. To write an essay, you should generally follow these steps: Create an outline Develop a thesis statement Introduce your topic Write the body of the essay Present your conclusion While this sounds like a lot of steps to write a simple essay, if you follow them you will be able to write more successful, clear, and cohesive essays. Evaluate the extent to which the foreign and domestic policies of President HW Bush and President Clinton marked a change or a continuity in American politics following the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s.