Essay Advice
Essay ← Create time for your writing ▪ Don't make your first draft your final draft – make time for a good number of revisions ← Write with a fresh mind ← Find a regular place to write ← Set goals, and achieve them ← Use a word processor ← Generate a plan for the report, and follow it ▪ This includes the layout and structure your report will take ← Finish each writing session on a high point ← Get friends to read and comment on your work ← Check the marking scheme/guidelines set out for first year essays
Suggested Structure ← Introduction ▪ Short, 200-300 words to set out what you are going to do ← Literature review ▪ Note, this is NOT a literary review, but a literature review ▪ Everyone struggles on this point ▪ This is the area on which most of these essays tend to fall down – look at this part carefully ← Discussion ▪ This will be guided by what you have discussed in the literature review ← Conclusions ▪ Summing up the main conclusions of the discussion ← References ▪ Another area in which the essay can fall down – references must be done properly, and done well! ▪ Queens is particularly picky about references being done correctly ▪ If you come across a quote or reference you wish to use in your research, note the reference at the time to save you searching for the page numbers etc. later
Approaching the essay ← Quick note: An essay is NOT a long string of quotes! ← Definitions ← Main authors ▪ Find who they are, and mention them a little ← Differences between perspectives ← Processes within which it is useful ← Examples which illustrate the above ← REFERENCES!!!
Managing your group ← Be very careful about managing your group – it is a prime source of disagreement and conflict ← All groups need to meet regularly at
Suggested Structure ← Introduction ▪ Short, 200-300 words to set out what you are going to do ← Literature review ▪ Note, this is NOT a literary review, but a literature review ▪ Everyone struggles on this point ▪ This is the area on which most of these essays tend to fall down – look at this part carefully ← Discussion ▪ This will be guided by what you have discussed in the literature review ← Conclusions ▪ Summing up the main conclusions of the discussion ← References ▪ Another area in which the essay can fall down – references must be done properly, and done well! ▪ Queens is particularly picky about references being done correctly ▪ If you come across a quote or reference you wish to use in your research, note the reference at the time to save you searching for the page numbers etc. later
Approaching the essay ← Quick note: An essay is NOT a long string of quotes! ← Definitions ← Main authors ▪ Find who they are, and mention them a little ← Differences between perspectives ← Processes within which it is useful ← Examples which illustrate the above ← REFERENCES!!!
Managing your group ← Be very careful about managing your group – it is a prime source of disagreement and conflict ← All groups need to meet regularly at