Help!! Pretty PLEASE!

[Raven]

I had no idea where to put this, so I figure this will do.
I need help with my homework. Nooooo this isnt cheating, but more like an extension of learning.
I am asking for advice on how to write a really kick ass academic essay.
Dont need content, I have plenty of my own.
I need advice on form and technical writing! Spot, I know you MUST be good at this! Bryn? You guys know what English Uni's require! I am trying to get beyond the ho-hum and merit into the honours category.

Can anyone help me please?

[oscar]

Originally Posted by Raven

I had no idea where to put this, so I figure this will do.
I need help with my homework. Nooooo this isnt cheating, but more like an extension of learning.
I am asking for advice on how to write a really kick ass academic essay.
Dont need content, I have plenty of my own.
I need advice on form and technical writing! Spot, I know you MUST be good at this! Bryn? You guys know what English Uni's require! I am trying to get beyond the ho-hum and merit into the honours category.

Can anyone help me please?

eye is know goood as eye cent speel.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by oscar

eye is know goood as eye cent speel.

I have a spell check. It is confusing enough without having to worry how the English spell words too! (which incidently is a total nightmare, as they spell EVERYTHING differently.)

[spot]

Betty's in the middle of writing essays just like that for her English degree course, I bet she could summarise her experience when she gets home.

What's the essay title? That might be a way into discussing it.

I doubt whether "I think... I think... I think..." gets huge marks, an essay isn't a forum post. The question might be set as "is it true that" or "compare X and Y" but either will require you to find quotes from sources which discuss the topic. A thousand words of "on the one hand A B and C say... while on the other hand..." is pretty academic. A preamble teasing the question into strands gives you a focus. Chase the strands and throw in a summary at the end - you might be allowed one "I think" at that point, so long as it has a "because" after it.

The essay title is the bull. The quotes are your picadors' lances. Choreographing the kill is where you get your marks from.

Originally Posted by Raven

I have a spell check. It is confusing enough without having to worry how the English spell words too! (which incidently is a total nightmare, as they spell EVERYTHING differently.

Umm... E V E R Y T H I N G...

Nope.

[YZGI]

Just use alot of periods, commas, and semi colons, that seems to dazzle them.

[minks]

be sure to include a lot of

therefore
therein
hence forth
the
thou
here with in

you know all that fancy stuff

Oh hell Raven surprise them, turn it in as a fantacy story with facts inserted hehehehehe

[Raven]

Originally Posted by spot

Betty's in the middle of writing essays just like that for her English degree course, I bet she could summarise her experience when she gets home.

What's the essay title? That might be a way into discussing it.

I doubt whether "I think... I think... I think..." gets huge marks, an essay isn't a forum post. The question might be set as "is it true that" or "compare X and Y" but either will require you to find quotes from sources which discuss the topic. A thousand words of "on the one hand A B and C say... while on the other hand..." is pretty academic. A preamble teasing the question into strands gives you a focus. Chase the strands and throw in a summary at the end - you might be allowed one "I think" at that point, so long as it has a "because" after it.

The essay title is the bull. The quotes are your picadors' lances. Choreographing the kill is where you get your marks from.

Umm... E V E R Y T H I N G...

Nope.

Nope. I think is strictly prohibited. Third person only. And I have to back up every statement with evidence. This is technical writing on a medical scale. Quoting is strictly frowned upon as paraphrasing is the word of the day.
My problem is focus. I waffle too much.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by minks

be sure to include a lot of

therefore
therein
hence forth
the
thou
here with in

you know all that fancy stuff

Oh hell Raven surprise them, turn it in as a fantacy story with facts inserted hehehehehe

Oh no! Must not look or resemble anything like a fiction! These academics are truly frightening!

[dubs]

Have you looked at any of these things? Any good?

BBC - h2g2 - The Structure of an Essay

Essay Structure...

How to Structure Your Essay – 6 Easy Steps

There's a few if you have a mooch on Google..

[Betty Boop]

I'll have a mooch around later, does your university have a little branch of academic 'skills' tutors that you can approach for a one to one with. We can make an appointment and show up with one of our efforts and they will go through it with us.
A lot of it is knowing what your tutor wants as well, they all have their own individual criteria for a 'good' essay.
Are you ok with the referencing procedures too?