highwaystar101 on 04 October 2009
Do it yourself, that's the only way you are going to truly do well in life. How about when you have to take an exam? Do you want us to sit it for you?
I can give you advice on essays, but I can't actually give you an argument. Just general things like...
- Explain and critique a range of theories.
- Try and find something that makes your essay unique (a hook, examiners like hooks A LOT).
- Good sources are VERY important so when doing research, so do it well.
- Use academic language and remember to be impersonal, words like "Me" and "I" are like spitting in the markers face.
- When you explain something, don't write in a manner that assumes the reader understands what you are talking about, it's like shooting yourself in the foot.
- Don't use the Internet for anything other than case studies and tracking down extracts from peer reviewed papers and original texts. The Internet is often full of questionable crap.
- Remember reading good information widely will result in proper understanding.
- Learn how to defend your own opinion, how you do this is more up to your own writing style than anything.
- Remember to plan before you write, a lot of people write without planning and these are the people that fail. Think about you introduction, the aim of the essay, the objectives to be completed to fulfil the aim, the methodology and the main points and angles of the essay.
Most of what I just said is probably useless, but I hope some of it helped.
