Essay Writing The Basics The Learning Centre • http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au What does a good essay need? An academic essay aims to persuade readers of an idea based on evidence. An academic essay should answer a question or task. • It should have a thesis statement (answer to the question) and an argument. • It should try to present or discuss something: to develop a thesis via a set of closely related points by reasoning and evidence. • An academic essay should include relevant examples
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Writing an essay I. The introduction. The introduction consists of two parts: a. It should include a few general statements about the subject to provide a background to your essay and to attract the reader’s attention. It should try to explain why you are writing the essay. b. It should also include a statement of the specific subdivisions of the topic and/or indication of how the topic is going to be tackled in order to specifically address the question
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Sentence Coherence Coherence means the quality of sticking together. a sentence has coherence when the sentence elements are so arranged as to show their relationship. Clarity in the sentence depends largely on proper word order A. Achieving coherence through proper placement of modifiers A modifier is a word‚ phrase‚ or clause that describes‚ strengthens‚ or clarifies another word (or group of words) in a sentence. When a modifier is placed in its proper position in a sentence‚ a sense
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1 THE ART OF ESSAY-WRITING: A USER’S GUIDE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN SHIELDS ASSOCIATE DEAN POSTGRADUATE 2 ESSAY-WRITING – BASIC TASK REQUIREMENTS Should include: Completed cover sheet Title page providing details of your name and the question addressed Synopsis (Not always required; check requirement with lecturer concerned). Introduction Coherent analysis and argument in body of essay Clear and concise conclusion Full and consistent citation of sources‚ including either Harvard-style
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Strategies for Essay Writing How to Read an Assignment Assignments usually ask you to demonstrate that you have immersed yourself in the coursematerial and that you’ve done some thinking on your own; questions not treated at length in classoften serve as assignments. Fortunately‚ if you’ve put the time into getting to know the material‚ thenyou’ve almost certainly begun thinking independently. In responding to assignments‚ keep in mindthe following advice. • Beware of straying. Especially
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ACADEMIC ESSAY WRITING For students at Charles Darwin University A resource to assist tutors working with Indigenous students Table of Contents Purpose of this booklet This booklet aims to provide resources to tutors who work with Indigenous students at Charles Darwin University. It is intended to provide you with information and exercises to assist you to scaffold students to be successful in their university studies. We focus on writing academic essays‚ because this is a skill student’s need
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In foster care there is often a lack of caring people as well as also problems that develop later in the children’s’ lives from being in foster care. Many children develop social problems‚ making them shy and scared‚ identity problems‚ in which the child or children dislike themselves and don’t know their true identity‚ as well as many other difficulties. Many studies have observed that children living in foster homes are often neglected and harmed‚ without the parents truly caring about their view
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The Five Paragraph Essay Paragraph 1 - introduction This paragraph has two main purposes: 1) To attract the reader’s attention. Have a good‚ strong opening sentence. 2) To inform the reader what the essay is about. However‚ do NOT write "This essay is about...‚" or "I am going to write about..." It is not wrong to start like that‚ but it’s not very good style (ask Paul!). However‚ you DO need a THESIS STATEMENT which usually comes at the end of the introductory paragraph and explains what
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13 Sentence Patterns Pattern A A single modifier out of place for emphasis Modifier S.V To place additional emphasis on any modifier put it somewhere other than its normal place in the sentence. You must have a comma to keep reader from misinterpreting the sentence. Single words before‚ inside‚ or below may look like prepositions instead of singular adverb if comma is not used. Unclear: inside the child was noisy. Clear: inside‚ the child was noisy. Incorrect: Francesca
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