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Check this presentation and find out what is good essay writing, writing tips and samples .
For more details you can visit site http://www.informalessaywriting.com/
The following factors should be considered while drafting a college essay.
• Adequate discussion on the topic
• Reference to the larger context of the issue
• Reference to more than one perspectives
• Incorporation of one’s own point of view with valid justification
A college essay can be anything starting from a narrative essay to a persuasive one. Let us have an idea about the distinct genres of essay writing to learn writing college essays more properly, using this useful and complete Essay Writing Guide. Essays can be grouped into four major categories such as- Expository essays, descriptive essays, narrative essays and persuasive essays. These categories can be further divided into some sub-categories like informative essays, personal essays, and argumentative essays and so on.
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2. General Advice on Academic Writing ……………………. 3
• Understanding essay topic………………………………....4
Organizing an Essay…………………………………………..5
• Introduction……………………………………………………..6
• Conclusion………………………………………………..........7
• Paragraph……………………………………………………….8
• Topic Sentence………………………………………………...9
Reading and Researching………………………….…….…10
• Critical reading towards critical writing…………….…...10
• Taking notes from research reading……….………….…11
• Research from internet……………………………….........11
• Skimming and Sacnning……………………….………….…12
• Summarize………………………………………………………13
INDEX
Using Source……………….……….……….14
• Paraphrase and summary..………….…....15
Revising…………………………………..…...16
• What things should I need to revise?.......16
• Some tools and rules to improve your
spelling………………………………………………17
• Sentence fragments………………………....18
Specific Types of Writing……………………19
Bibliography……………………………………22
3. SOME GENERAL ADVICE ON
ACADEMIC ESSAY-WRITING
An Essay should have and argument and it should try to prove
something.
Formulate as exactly as possible the question(s) you will seek to answer
in your essay. Then develop a provisional thesis or hypothesis.
An essay should include citations from any particular text or sources
(evidence)
Your essay’s organization should be designed to present your argument
clearly and persuasively.
4. U N D E R S TAN D I N G E S S AY TO P I C S :
Note the key term: - Analyse.
- Compare
- Evaluate
- Argue
Note which concepts or methods the topic asks you to use.
Ask yourself questions about the specific topic in terms of the
concepts or methods than seem applicable.
Formulate a tentative thesis statement at a fairly early stage.
5. ORGANIZING AN ESSAY
First of all, ask you the following question:
• What type of essay am I going to be writing?
• Does it belong to a particular genre?
Divide your outline into three parts:
• Summary.
• Discussion of strenghts and weaknesses.
• Overall evaluation.
Some techniques for integrating note-taking and planning.
• Index cards: write down any idea, fact, quotation or paraphrase on a separate index card. Then order them as
best as possible, and reduce this outline to the essential points.
• The circle method: when you have an idea, write it down on a paper and draw a circle around it. When you
have an idea that support another idea, do the same; but connect the two circles with a line.
6. INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
How do I write an interesting and effective introduction?
• Find a startling statistic that illustrates the seriousness of the
problem you will address.
• Provide background information to understand the essay.
• Provide a brief narrative or anecdote that exemplifies your reason
for choosing the topic. In a personal reflection, you may draw on
your own experience; in a research essay, you may illustrate a
common real world scenario.
7. • How do I write an interesting and effective conclusion?
• If your essay deals with a contemporary problem , warn readers of the
possible consequences of not attending to the problem.
• Give a startling statistic, fact or visual image to drive home the
ultimate point of your paper.
• Return to an anecdote, example or quotation that you introduced in
your introduction, but add further insight that derives from the body of
your essay.
8. PARAGRAPHS
What is a paragraph?
A paragraph is a series of related sentences developing a central idea, called the topic.
How do I unify my ideas in a paragraph?
The most effective way to achieve paragraph unity is to express the central idea of the paragraph in a
topic sentence. Topic sentences are similar to mini thesis statements.
How do I develop my ideas in a paragraph?
• Illustration of a paragraph: general statements by means of examples, details or relevant quotation.
• Comparison or contrast paragraph: provide a paragraph that compares or contrasts with the main
idea.
• The process paragraph: involve a straightforward step-by-step description following a chronological
sequence.
9. TOPIC SENTENCE
A topic sentence states the main point of a paragraph, it serves
as a mini thesis for the paragraph.
Topic sentences usually appear at the very beginning of a
paragraph. Though this is usually the most logical place for it,
sometimes a traditional sentence or two will come before a topic
sentence.
Relating your topic sentence to your thesis can help strengthen
the coherence of your essay.
10. READING AND RESEARCHING
Critical reading towards critical writing:
How do I read looking for ways of thinking?
• Determine the central claims or purpose of the text (its thesis).
• Begin to make some judgements about context.
• Distinguish the kinds of reasoning the text employs.
• Examine the evidence (the supported facts, examples, etc.) the text
employs.
• Critical reading may involve evaluation.
11. Taking notes from research reading:
• Know what kind of ideas you need to record.
• Do not write down too much.
• Label your notes intelligently.
Research using internet:
• Do not rely exclusively on Net sources.
• Narrow your research topic before logging on.
• Know your subject directories and search engines.
• Keep a detailed record of sites you visit and the sites you use.
• Double-check all URL that you put in your paper.
12. Skimming and Scanning:
• Read carefully the introductory paragraph, or the first two paragraphs. Try to
predict the direction of the coming explanations or arguments.
• Read carefully the first one or two sentences of aech paragraph , as well as
the concluding sentence or sentences.
• In between these opening and closing sentences, keep ypur eyes moving
and try to avoid looking up unfamiliar words or terminology.
• Read carefully the concluding paragraph or paragraphs. What does the
author’s overall purpose seem to be?
• Finally, returnto the beggining and read through the text carefully, noting the
complexities you missed in your skimming and filling in the gaps in your
understanding. Think about your purpose in reading this text and what you need
to retain to it, and adjust your focus accordingly.
13. Summarizing:
• Summarizing a text, or distilling its essential concepts into a
paragraph or two, is a useful study tool as well as good writing
practice. A summary has two aims:
1. To reproduce the overarching ideas in a text, identifying the
general concepts that run through the entire piece.
2. To express these overarching ideas using precise, specific
language.
14. USING SOURCES
Using sources not for plagiarizing, but for the use of quotations, paragraphs,
specific facts, authoritative ideas.
Using quotations:
• How much should I quote?
The focus of your essay should be on your understanding of the topic. If you
include too much quotation in your essay, you will crowd out your own ideas.
• Why is it important to identify my sources?
Letting your reader know exactly which authorities you rely on is an advantage: it
shows that you have done your research and that you are well acquaited with the
literature on your topic.
15. PARAPHRASE AND SUMMARY
How do I paraphrase?
• You must provide a reference.
• The paraphrase must be in your own words. You must also create
your own sentence structure.
How do I summarize?
• When you summarize a passage, you need first to absorb the
meaning and then to capture in your own words yhe most important
elements from the original passage.
16. REVISING
What things should I need to revise?
• First check whether you have fulfilled the intention of the assignment.
• Then, look at overall organization.
• Polish and edit your style by moving to smaller matters such as
word choice, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Appearance- cover page , number your pages, double space,
standart font, referent list and staple your pages.
17. SOME TOOLS A N D R U LES TO IMPR OVE
YOU R SPELLIN G
Use a good dictionary.
Be consistent about using British or American spellings in your writing.
Always check certain «troublesome» suffixes in your dictionary.
Create your own «difficult-to-spell-» lists.
Learn the standard pronunciation for frequently misspelled words.
Watch out for homophones, near-homophones, and other easily confusable
words.
Use your computer spellchecker, but with caution.
Become familiar with English spelling rules.
18. SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
What is a sentence fragment?
In the simplest grammatical terms, a sentence fragment lacks a main –or independent-
clause. Put more informally, a sentence fragment does not make a statement that can
stand on its own.
How to identify and fix sentence fragments:
• The first type does not make a statement. It is all subject, no predicate – all actor, no
action.
• The second type of sentence fragment has a subject and a predicate, but the
sentence still cannot stand on its own. Usually, that is because it begins with a word -
a subordinating conjunction like although or because or when – that makes the
sentence want to learn against a neighbouring one.
20. Book review or article critique: it is not primarily a summary;
rather, it comments on and evaluates the work in the light of specific
issues and theoretical concerns in a course.
Annotated bibliography: it gives an account of the research that
has been done on a given topic. Like any bibliography, an annotated
bobliography is an alphabetical list of research sources.
Literature review: It is an account of what has been published on a
topic by accredited scholars and researchers and it is also part of the
introduction to an essay, research report, or thesis.
21. Abstract: It should represent as much as possible of the quantitative and
qualitative information in the document, and also reflect its reasoning.
Comparative essay: It is the comparison among several items. These items
will differ depending on the assignment. You might be asked to compare:
• Possitions on an issue (e.g., responses to midwifery in Canada and The
United States)
• Theories (e.g., GDP in the United States and Britain)
• Texts (e.g.,Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth)
• Events
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Rachael Cayley (chair, GCAC), Patricia Golubev (Trinity College),
Deborah Knot (New College), Elaine Khoo (UTSC), Jerry Plotnick
(University College), Margaret Procter (U of T writing coordinator,
retired). (1099, 2017) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – Writing
courses, Advice on Academic Writing
https://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/