HOW TO MAKE A ESSAY

INTRODUCTION: 5% length
Tells the reader how you will answer the question. write last, once you know where the essay is going.


BODY: 80% LENGTH

Answer the question on each paragraph:

 - One big idea
 - Introduce
 - Define
 - Offer argument
 - Offer evidence and discuss
 - Make final point
Your writing should answer the following questions:
 - What is this paragraph about
 - What exactly is that?
 - What is your argument on this (in relation to the quest)
 - What is your evidence?
 - What does it mean?
 - What is the final point

CONCLUSION: 15% LENGTH

- Re-estate arguments

- Re-estate points
- Could make recommendations
- Proves that you have answered the whole question

BIBLIOGRAPHY: HARVARD SYSTEM


AUTHOR (date). Title publisher, town. In alphabetic order by author's surname

BRITISH STANDARD SYSTEM: Author, Title, publisher, date
INTERNATIONAL : Author (date), title, publisher, the www information is then placed at the end of the reference.
eg. An article: Jacobbson (1995).a history of facilitated communication: American Psychologist, 50, 760-765. Retrieved 1996, from htpp://www.apa.org.

Tip: Every word in a question is a gift. Use them all. Each on is there to be investigated, questioned, challenged, argued for or against.

ESSAY CHECKLIST


-Have you addressed the whole question?
-Have you addressed the aims and learning outcomes?
-Is there an introduction that gives the agenda of the essay?
-Would that agenda actually answer the question set?

-Are the paragraphs in the best possible order?