Writing Essays
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Easy tips for better essays – Professor Richard Marggraf Turley http://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-Essays-students-humanities-Richard-Marggraf-Turley/dp/1138916692/ref
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Tip 17: A good introductory paragraph should be a firm handshake – make sure yours isn't a limp, uncooked sausage. #Writingtips #essaytips
Tip 16: "It's not quite clear, but my tutor will know what I mean". No. They won't. Work at grammatical precision #essaytips #writingessays
Tip 15: No essay is complete without full references (FNs and bibliography) - and referencing style must be consistent #essaytips #essays
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Tip 15: A good essay develops conceptual momentum & pursues its insights to an evaluative conclusion amazon.co.uk/Writing-Essays… #writingessays
Tip 14: Make sure your mini-arguments inform, develop and push forward, your overarching argument #writingtips #writingadvice #essays
Review: “Writing Essays” by Richard Marggraf Turley (Routledge Study Guides) wp.me/p4av1S-t
Tip 14: Demonstrate that you can use discipline-appropriate terminology without slipping into jargon #essaytips #writingessays #assignments
Tip 13: In a compare & contrast essay, keep both poems/stories in play at the same time, rather than addressing 1, then the other #essaytips
Tip 12: Avoid adding anything to your final paragraph that requires further debate or evidence. Instead, weigh your conclusions #essaytips
Tip 11: Academic voice: aim for confident, not arrogant; colloquial, not chatty; energetic, not frenetic #essaytips amazon.co.uk/Writing-Essays…
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Tip 10: Avoid using "basically", "thus" and "therefore", & use "indeed" with caution. These words are not yr friends #essaytips #assignments
Tip 9: Let the reader know what your argument is in the first paragraph. An UG/college essay isn't a detective story. #writingtips #essays
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Tip 8: Use signposts to help your reader navigate through your argument #writingessays #writingtips #composition #amwriting
Tip 7: Don't begin – or end – an essay by repeating the words of the question #writingessays #essayadvice #essaytips
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