How To Write The Perfect Essay

How To Write The Perfect Essay Here is the final version of the chocolate essay. You can also download a PDF version of the chocolate essay. As you can see from the assignment planning calculator, if you only start your essay a few days before the due date, you will have to do things too quickly. Before you begin your essay, have a look at the Massey University assignment planning calculator. Some versions of the software available on public machines produce graphics that cannot be printed from other machines. Give yourself time to test for potential glitches of this sort. People who collude do so secretly, as they know that the lecturer would not be happy. Include a reference in the text, where the words or ideas appear, and in a reference list at the end of the essay. Typified by Mellor’s findings â€" adults showed no weight increase after chocolate controlled diet. Lambert exemplified that chocolate consumption alone unlikely to precipitate obesity. View the text description of the above body paragraph example. You can then add examples and references to make your paragraph stronger. No specific correlation found in literature (Beckett, 2008; Lambert, 2009). Note the findings show that there is no clear relationship between chocolate and obesity â€" an issue flagged in the introduction. Note the narrow focus of medical benefits (i.e. only considering magnesium) due to the short length of the essay. Plans can be structured/restructured at any time during the planning process. Planning is an ongoing process, from when you receive the essay title to when you submit your final draft. Do the same thing for all the points that need academic references to support them. Read the abstract and ask yourself if the content of the article is likely to be relevant to your essay. But don’t rely on it exclusivelyâ€"proofread your essay carefully as well. You may feel that a diagram could help illustrate a point. This has the added effect of breaking up large chunks of text that can be subconsciously off-putting to the reader. But beware the added complexities involved in formatting your document or the added time required to add a diagram by hand. Although there is no strict convention on layout, do consider how the essay looks on the page. Several studies have shown that presentation does have a subconscious effect on markers, even when they’re not explicitly marking on that criterion. However, if you are doing a group work assignment and your lecturer has asked you to work together and submit the assignment jointly, that is not collusion. Collusion, like plagiarism, has an element of dishonesty in it. View a text version of the redrafting your essay diagram above. Always save each draft as a separate file; then you can see how your essay develops and improves. It is important to remember that there is not a fixed ordering for the introduction, though the BITS/BIST patterning is a very common one, which is why it is modelled for you as an example. Sometimes an essay will begin with a direct quote to draw readers into the essay. Scope â€" where you outline what exactly is going to be covered in relation to your argument. View a text version of the above proofreading and editing your essay considerations. Proofreading has a micro-focus on the details of your essay, such as formatting, grammar and punctuation. Editing focuses on the big picture elements such as overall structure, appropriate paragraphing and whether the question has been answered. Your lecturers will want to hear your ‘voice’ as they read your essay.