...To Be Determined at a Later Date The word procrastination often evokes images of sitting on the couch and watching TV, however, there are many different types of procrastination. There are many types of procrastinators: The Avoider, The I Will Do It Later, The Let Me Finish This First, The Ones Who Know What They Should Be Doing But Simply Do Not, and The I Deserve a Break. To make this essay easier to understand, the example of writing an essay will be used-- not that anyone procrastinates on writing essays. The personal mantra of the I Will Do It Later is as simple one might expect, “I will just do it later.” As soon as the essay is assigned this procrastinator just simply tells themselves that they will do it later. Often times in a chronic...
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...Edith Cowan University Academic essay Academic Tip Sheet This academic tip sheet: • explains the academic essay as an academic style of writing; • looks at the structure of an academic essay; • looks at the main types of academic essays; • explains how to write an academic essay; and • provides you with a quick checklist that covers most aspects of writing an academic essay. CRICOS IPC 00279B What is an academic essay? For our purposes, we can define an academic essay as a document that has a defined structure – an introduction, a body and a conclusion. What are the main types of academic essays? If we look at the intent of the academic essay we can define three main types: • Descriptive – describes a subject, e.g.; a person, place or event. • Expository – explains a concept or theory. • Argumentative – presents an argument through reasoning and the use of evidence. 01/08 The argumentative essay Most academic essays will require you to present an argument through reasoning and the use of evidence. In the process of planning and drafting your essay, you will need to respond to the assigned question by thinking, reading and writing your way to a considered position/stance, or thesis statement. The thesis statement is expressed as one or two sentences in the introductory paragraph of your essay, and supported in the body of the essay by a series of topic sentences, one in each paragraph. Each topic sentence is in turn supported by evidence and examples from...
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...How to write essay In first time I had met students high level in WESLI they talked about essay so they spoke several of words I didn't know what mean. Some of these words are (outline , body , first part of body , hook ... etc). Then I thought the essay is hard thing and take a long time. But when I study writing 400 in WESLI with teacher Deno I realize it's not hard. My teacher Deno explain how to write perfect essay. First step you've do (choose your topic). You should to choose one topic to write about it. Also, it should easy and clear for you. Then you can explain it throw easy way. You've give a good examples about it or describe it clearly what does it mean. In fact if you select one topic you can focus in one subject. So, you should to choose one topic. Second step you should to write the outline. It mean you write the topic you chose. Then you start write basis of your essay. Also, you can write your essay after a few days form wrote outline. The outline contain from: first introduction. The introduction contain two main things they're (Hook and thesis statement). I'll explain what it mean next paragraph. Second part of outline is the body of your essay. It's mean you'll write every step or every option for your topic. I'll explain it later. Tired step in your outline is conclusion for your essay. Also, I'll explain that mean later. So, you've to take attention from the body for your essay because it's main thing in your essay. Now I'll explain...
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...today. Since I can remember, I have always been told I am a good writer yet for some reason I have always fought the writing process. English was one of my worst subjects in high school. Yes, it is my native language, but the reading part is not my problem. Writing the essays was my biggest challenge. Starting an essay has always been the hardest part for me. I was taught to always start at the beginning and finish with the end. Later people told me I could write the beginning last, but I was stubborn. I had to write it first. This hindered me. I would usually wait until the last minute because I did not know where to begin. Procrastinating has always been my fall back when writing. Even now, I am writing this essay on Sunday at 2:30pm the day it’s due. My parents would never push me to write, they would ask the usual parental question of, “Did you finish your homework yet?” As a rebellious kid, of course I told them I had. When the final hour was approaching to finish, or in my case start the essay, I had to cram and stay up late to finish my work. Sometimes I would stay up until midnight or later. Luckily my dad kept odd hours and was able to help me late into the night. He would always help proofread my essays, even in the middle...
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..."My Little Bit of Country" by Susan Cheever What would you prefer; The relaxing life of the suburbs or the wild diversity of the urban life? Some would prefer one while the other would feel inexplicably horrible in choosing the other. “My Little Bit of Country” is an essay by Susan Cheever, this essay starts from when she was a little girl and ends in 2012 which is when she wrote the essay. In the beginning little Susan Cheever was living in New York and was pretty happy with her life there, but that wasn’t enough for the family, they wanted the American Dream with the white picket fence and a place in the “real” country, as Susan Cheever puts it. This did not please her and she really disliked the suburbs, that when she got older she would go to New York as much as possible. In the end she moves to New York again and is happy and forever satisfied with the urban life. The story is basically written with contrasts, contrasts and more contrasts. The most obvious one is the suburb life vs. the urban life; country vs. city. She very much dislikes the country life, it being a step down from the city: “Why would I want to scrape around the rough, dangerous ice of a country lake when I could glide around the smooth ice at the Wollman Ring and pause for a hot chocolate when my toes and fingers get too cold?” here she compares the natural procedure of the lake turning to ice with a manmade ice rink specifically made to be the most safe way to skate. Some would say that the country would have something special about it...
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...ELS Effective Learning Service Essay Writing For appointments contact: els@qmu.ac.uk or elsinternational@qmu.ac.uk web: www.qmu.ac.uk/ELS Contents Page What do tutors want to see in an essay? 2 What are the key stages in writing an essay? 2 What is an essay? 3 The structure of an essay 4 Analyse the task 5 Make a structure plan 6 Reading and researching 7 Reflect and evaluate – refine your plan 8 Writing the first draft 9 What is a paragraph? 10 Signalling words within paragraphs 11 Linking ideas between paragraphs 12 Writing the introduction 13 Writing the conclusion 14 Academic writing style – a very brief guide 16 Planning an essay – a mindmap with an overview 17 1 What do tutors want to see in an essay? • that you have understood the question • that you have structured the work clearly and logically • that you show evidence of relevant reading What are the key stages in writing an essay? • analyse the task • ask yourself what you know and need to know about the topic • make a plan of the structure of essay • read and research and note-take • reflect on and refine your plan • write the first draft – main body, then introduction and conclusion • plan your time and set goals This leaflet will outline the key stages you need to go through and will also show you how to write a good paragraph, an introduction, and a conclusion. Subject preferences may vary. It is always a good idea to check the preferred format for your...
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...The Narrative Essay The narrative essay is simply a complete account of an incident or incidents contained in one cohesive essay. The narrative essay is useful when writing an incident report, such as an automobile accident or a criminal action. By far, one of the best uses of the narrative is when introducing the thesis for a longer work, i.e. a research paper. Your audience for this essay is your fellow classmates and the teacher. Assignment Write a narrative essay, the purpose of which is the serve as evidence for the position you have taken on an issue. The issue in the sample essay is how the writer lost his teeth. The essay must be a minimum of 380 words and no more than 400 words. You will superscript the number of the comma rule that justifies it over each comma. When you turn in your final draft, you must turn in a minimum 100-word, process paragraph expressing what you learned as a result of this assignment. Learning Objectives • To format documents correctly in accordance with MLA; • To understand the structure of a narrative paragraph; • To understand your own unique voice (syntax and tone); • To eliminate sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices; • To eliminate point of view errors; • To eliminate verb tense errors; • To eliminate punctuation errors – commas; • To have fun. The Narrative Structure A narrative is a story, and like a story has a definite underlying structure. The parts of a narrative are the situation, conflict...
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...Literally, I dropped my face on my desk and whispered, “God help us all; I’m about to fail this class.” I had a gut feeling that the assignment was going to be difficult and time consuming. Immediately I imagined the many hours that I would have to assert on the assignment, and the thought depressed me. Little did I know that doing the assignment would bring me one of the greatest surprises of my academic life and taught me that the writing process can’t be rushed. Mrs. Fisher paced back and forth in front of the class room as she explained how someone inspired her to become a teacher. At some point I stopped listing and was on the verge of dozing off. Suddenlty my attention snapped back to her as her words “I get to assign you the person to do this essay on” pushed themselves into my consciousness. Up this point I had thought that we can pick our own person and had settle on Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. Fisher proceed to assing different historical figures to different students while the fear of not getting MLK creeped over me. Finally, Mrs. Fisher said,”Santiago Torres, MLK.” For the first time in that class, I felt hopeful. 3 days later we had the rough draft due about our person. Well I didn’t do as you can imagine. Walked into class with this guilt feeling that we all get after we don’t do a paper on time. She was mad because I was the only one that didn’t do it. “Now you can’t participate and I’ll have to give you a zero for the day” she said. So for the next couple of...
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...The debate on whether essays benefit our education or not has been an ongoing battle between teacher and student. But what side of the story is the most accurate? On one hand, teachers suggest that writing essays enhances understanding of writing and in many ways can set students up for life. On the other hand, students say that essays are troubling, and in conjunction with other school work, can cause mental issues. It is assumed that teachers are correct on the topic, but can the issue the students have brought to hand be ignored? Do essays create too much stress for students to handle? According to an article "Understanding depression" under the "causes of depression" sub-title, depression can be caused by stress. However, this stress is built up over several issues going on at an extended period of time. On the contrary, if essays were eliminated from the equation, students would be relieved of a lot of stress and pressure which could be the difference between a mental health issue and sanity. Essays are used all throughout life and do indeed help in life situations. When applying for a job an essay structure is almost a necessity for a successful application. Employers want people who can write properly and have well structured sentences and large pieces of writing. Essay writing also helps with spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and helps people to make their writing look more professional. In doing this, essays create opportunities for other walks of life...
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...with, but remember that time spent properly planning will easily save you twice the time later on. When you start the course, you should start your planning before you so much as open your textbook. A BTEC HND course, with its 16 essay marked units, is a serious commitment and you should spend some time developing your Masterplan to tackle it. When you develop your plan, take the following into consideration: Setting a realistic study timetable – don’t make the mistake of overestimating the time you have to study, as this will come back to haunt you later on. Setting a realistic timetable means you’ll be more flexible and adaptable as the course progresses. Setting realistic goals and targets – Because you don’t have assignment hand in dates, it’s easy to put off that essay till tomorrow…. or the weekend…. Or maybe next week….. Setting yourself a date to complete the essay can help focus your work and stop you from procrastinating. Don’t beat yourself up if life gets in the way of hitting one target, but make sure that you don’t abandon them either. Knowing what is expected of you – Make sure you’re fully aware of all of the work that you’re expected to complete and your obligations as a student before you begin. Contact student services if you are unclear on anything. 2. Make the most of your materials and be prepared to read around When you enrol, you’ll have full access to all of the core course materials and spending the time to learn the key concepts...
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...Should school start an hour later than usual? We know that we as students should have time to get some sleep and eat breakfast. Some people think that school should start at 7:30 AM. There are many reasons why school should start at 8:30 AM. Some reasons are that teens go through puberty, and they play sports or go to airborne (a teenager’s event) at the church. Puberty may biologically wire teens to stay up late and wake up late. Puberty doesn’t change how much sleep they need, but it makes it easier for them to stay awake longer. To let us get a hour break it would help. To let school start an hour later it will increase attendance, fewer students sleeping in class and less self-reported depression. Communities and school districts really...
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...HOW TO WRITE ESSAYS Visit our How To website at www.howto.co.uk At www.howto.co.uk you can engage in conversation with some of our authors – all of whom have ‘been there and done that’ in their specialist fields. You can get access to special offers and additional content but, most importantly, you will be able to engage with, and become a part of, a wide and growing community of people just like yourself. At www.howto.co.uk you’ll be able to talk to, and share tips with, people who have similar interests and are facing similar challenges in their lives. People who, just like you, have the desire to change their lives for the better – be it through moving to a new country, starting a new business, growing their own vegetables, or writing a novel. At www.howto.co.uk you’ll find the support and encouragement you need to help make your aspirations a reality. How To Books strives to present authentic, inspiring, practical information in their books. Now, when you buy a title from How To Books, you get even more than words on a page. HOW TO WRITE ESSAYS A step-by-step guide for all levels, with sample essays Don Shiach howtobooks ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author and publishers are grateful to Nicholas Murray and the Rack Press, Kinnerton, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2PF for permission to reproduce History from Nicholas Murray’s collection ‘The Narrators’. Published by How To Content, A division of How To Books Ltd, Spring Hill House, Spring...
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...The Vietnam War was one of most hated wars of the United States history. This war was almost last twenty years long. This war was heavily covered in the media of the time period due to fact that it was an uncensored war. The media coverage at the beginning of the Vietnam War was for war was for the war, but there was a turning point in the media coverage that changes public opinion. This event was the Tet Offensive which is a very famous military event of the Vietnam War. This event was one of major changing point of the Vietnam War and public opinions of the Vietnam War. This can be seen in the newspaper articles that were published after the Tet Offensive. This essay with focus on the newspaper for the Vietnam War to argue the point of...
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...politician, while his mother was a practical joker and very strong-minded. For example his mother would tell visiting guests that she was in love the post man and she had to be kept in the attic because of it. She would also tell people that she was a cripple and then she would suddenly stand up and tell everyone she had miraculously healed(James Thurber 1 of 5). James Thurber also had two brothers, William and Robert. When Thurber and William were little, they were playing with a bow and arrow, and William shot James in the eye. This led James to be partially blind and because of this injury he couldn’t participate in any sports or activities, but this injury developed a very creative imagination in Thurber’s mind. A neurologist at the time had a theory that he might have Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which is a condition that causes hallucinations (James Thurber 1-2). Thurber began writing during secondary school. In 1909, Thurber got accepted to Ohio State University and in his junior year began writing for the campus newspaper. Thurber never graduated from college because he had to take the ROTC and he couldn't because of his poor eyesight (James Thurber 2 of 5). During the years 1918 to 1920, after he left...
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...that didn’t relate with the kids and make the class interesting for the students. In the beginning of the year Mr. Baker felt all the stories he had heard about the teacher were true the class was very boring. Late in the year the students were given an assignment to write an essay and as usual he waited until the last minute to start writing his essay. When he picked his topic to write about and started writing he got very interested and wanted to start writing more for himself. Due to the requirements of the assignment Mr. Baker did not feel his paper would get a good grade because of all the added writing so he figured he would write another essay for the class. It took him so long to finish writing the original essay he didn’t have time to write another paper for the class so he turned in his original essay. A few days later after the teacher handed out the graded papers he started to read Mr. Baker’s paper aloud in the class. This made him feel so good about the writing he had done because the class was enjoying it and laughing they were entertained. This made him feel like he had an opportunity to write for a living although he knew this wouldn’t happen straight out of high school it gave him a start and an outlook for the future. I believe the writer’s purpose...
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