Top Tips When Writing An Essay That Will Be Impressive

By Nick Sanders

Writing an impressive essay that your fellow students will envy should be part of your thinking whilst at university. You want to make sure that you succeed on your course and having some healthy rivalry with fellow students will be good for you.

You will probably be aware that you will have to write a number of essays and papers whilst at college or university. You will not want to receive bad grades for these as they count quite highly in the overall mark and classification of your university degree. You will submit essays and reports to your lecturers on a number of different sub topics on your degree course, which are commonly termed modules by many different institutions. The grading of these papers will then reflect on the final grading of your degree and then you will be given an overall classifications. You should be aware that you will be asked to write other types of essays in exams, so if you become good at writing them, then you will leave university with a successful experience.

In this article I have provided you with some easy essay step to improve on your current writing, so that you will be able to submit with pride.

Step 1. Research, research, research - If you don't know what your subject is about, the paradigm that has been discussed in class, or what changes have evolved in a culture setting over the past few years, then you will be on the road to failure fast, when writing an essay. Essays and papers in academia are more focused on what research you have done and with good reason. Reading a couple of sources and then going about trying to argue a case for digital LCDs in today's market place would be pretty poor if you'd only research two sources that were written a few years ago and done no analysis of the current markets needs. Research needs to be uptodate.

2. Arguments should be analyzed, When you read over a piece of research material, whether a chapter in a book or an article in a journal, you should understand it. If you read it and then start putting pen to paper, writing as fast as you can about the different thoughts that come into your mind, then you will be going don a bad road. Doing this will be a mistake, and you will not want to put forward a weak argument on the topic that is not favourably marked by your lecturer. You should understand that lecturers are looking for different types of sources, but also that you have though about the different angles that an author argues, as well as the different things that the author has mentioned.

Step 3 - Brainstorm. In order to write effectively you will need to have the ideas of where you want to go and what different parts are associated with what areas. Making a mind map and brainstorming ideas will allow you to concentrate of a few different things in one area and not just write a little bit about everything. Doing this will enable you to work towards a set goal and establish a cohesive argument for the reader.

Step 4 - Write, write, write Now its time to start writing your essay and actually get something down on paper. You will be clear in your mind from the previous steps about what venue or angle you will be going down. When you are writing, the body of the text that you are putting down on paper should be a series of paragraphs that focus on one certain area or key point and link from one to the next. Different sections of your essay or report should also link to one another, and it should flow logically, extending your argument to whichever avenue you have chosen to go down. Your conclusion should rap up all the information the reader has seen and should evaluate where they could go to from here, a question, or a twist in logic thinking surmised by the paper.

5. Proofing and Correction - Nearly all of the papers that are submitted to universities and colleges around the country will need to conform to a style that is acceptable for submission. There are a number of different styles that are followed in each university, so you should ensure that you follow the correct one. Your document, as well as your sources, need to take note of these different requirements that are expected from you as a student writer, and will need to be correct. Some academic papers are rejected as they do not conform to the different types of requirements and style that has to be followed. Some papers are even rejected as they are not considered acceptable, because they do not conform to this style. Therefore, you should always ensure that you have your academic essays thoroughly proofread and edited to ensure consistency in your work and logical flow of arguments.

Spelling and grammar should be correct in any paper that you write, as this will affect the way your marker can grade your paper. You could, of course, have a professional ensure that you have written an essay that is perfect and ready to submit.

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