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"Life is but a gentle death. Fate is but a sickness that results in extinction and in the midst of all the uncertainty, lies resolve."

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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.



some help, is better then no help at all, thanks.



"Life is but a gentle death. Fate is but a sickness that results in extinction and in the midst of all the uncertainty, lies resolve."

Give us what you have and maybe we can help you tweak the wording.

This applies to all essays though: Make a point -> Use a quote/evidence to support it -> Explain your point. Change around the order of that to make it interesting.



Should upload my first run through tommorrow.



"Life is but a gentle death. Fate is but a sickness that results in extinction and in the midst of all the uncertainty, lies resolve."

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Kamal said:
some help, is better then no help at all, thanks.

I guess I was going for the whole "Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, give him a fishing rod and you'll feed him for life" approach.



highwaystar101 said:
Kamal said:
some help, is better then no help at all, thanks.

I guess I was going for the whole "Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, give him a fishing rod and you'll feed him for life" approach.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

- Terry Pratchett



Soleron said:
highwaystar101 said:
Kamal said:
some help, is better then no help at all, thanks.

I guess I was going for the whole "Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, give him a fishing rod and you'll feed him for life" approach.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

- Terry Pratchett

Ah, My favourite author.



highwaystar101 said:
...

Ah, My favourite author.

Mine too. Witches Abroad, Fifth Elephant and Thief of Time being my favourites.



I would help but I have so many projects of my own running