We are proud of how comprehensive our website is and try to stay ahead of the curve and predict the questions and concerns that students are experiencing. However, we work with thousands of students a year, from universities all around the world. Every once in a while, a student has a question that we have not yet addressed in our tutorials and guides. That is why we developed our student questions section. Not quite a FAQ, our student question section is where students can go to find out more information about the art and craft of academic writing.
What type of questions do students ask us? Honestly, it depends on the student. Some of our previous customers have asked very specific, technical questions about different writing types. We answer those questions for the students, and sometimes use those questions to develop guides and tutorials for our entire customer base. For example, we began to get a number of questions about the synthesis essay, and realized that many professors had begun to use this term to describe a very specific type of argumentative/persuasive essay that requires the student to call on class reading lists for their supporting information. Once we saw that need, we expanded our answer from the student question section and into our tutorial section.
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You want to start by coming up with a solid topic for your essay and then locate some quality sources on your topic so you can research. Google Scholar and LexisNexis are some great options for finding information on your topic. You can also find periodicals at your local on university library. With any essay you should follow the 5-paragraph rule, which consists of an introduction paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, and 1 conclusion paragraph. You can also follow our tutorial, which provides step-by-step instructions on how to put together the perfect essay for any topic. If you follow these suggestions you Continue Reading...
We just put out a guide about 3–4 months ago to help students with writing essays, please feel free to check it out and respond if you have any specific questions. How To Write An Essay
Depending on the specific type of essay, you would first need to come up with a solid topic. An outline can help you organize the various parts of your essay. You would then need to put together a thesis statement, introduction. body and conclusion. For more information on the specific parts of an essay, you can check out this website: Essay Tips: 7 Tips on Writing an Effective Essay
We recommend each page should be roughly 4–6 minutes on the presentation side. Depending on the individual giving the presentation, that time can be stretched, specifically by going into more detail about each point included. To play it safe I would go with a range of 6–7 pages or 1800–2100 words. (assuming one page is about 300 words per page). If you see that your presentation is moving slower than anticipated you can amp up the speed a bit to be within allocated time.
In sum, a metaphor is a figure of speech that expresses some type of comparison between two unrelated things that share some common features such as being “the black sheep of the family” when someone is neither black nor a sheep. Some useful metaphors that can be used for this type of situation include someone who “boomerangs” between reckless adventures and the comfort and safety of home or who “flew the coop” but “returns to the nest” following an absence before they reach a “point of no return.” Perhaps the most well-known example of this type of behavior is contained Continue Reading...
First and foremost, you should carefully review the admission requirements for supplemental admissions essays to ensure they conform to the college’s guidelines. If the guidelines stipulate a word or page limit, be absolutely certain to stay within these limits. Second, admissions officers want to see evidence that you possess the critical thinking skills that are needed to pursue a rigorous curriculum, and the writing skills to prove it. This means ensuring that your essay is completely free of grammatical and syntactical errors. This also means structuring your supplemental essay in a logical fashion that takes into account your audience. In Continue Reading...
Digital files are measured in terms of “bytes” (usually consisting of eight bits) and a standard single-spaced page of text will contain about 4000 bytes. A good rule of thumb for estimating how many words or pages are contained in 4000 bytes is one byte per word. Therefore, if your essay contains an average of 5-letter words, you have a limit of around 800 words total. Conversely, if your essay contains an average of 8 letters each, the word limit would be around 500 words. Because the average word length in English is about 8 letters, you can therefore estimate Continue Reading...
The main differences between these popular citation formats include in-text citations (MLA requires the author’s last name and the page number while APA requires the author’s last name and year separated by a comma); the title for the source page (MLA calls it “Works Cited” and APA calls it “References”) and how authors’ names are expressed (MLA uses entire names while APA uses last name and initials). In addition, the placement of the date in the source page is different (MLA places the date after the publisher’s name and APA places it immediately after the author’s name and is placed Continue Reading...
In most cases, it is preferable to present both sides of an argument and then take a stance one way or another concerning whether you agree or disagree with it. If you only have a couple of pages to work with, you may just want to jump right in and explain why you agree or disagree and then on to discuss why. You should support your stance with relevant resources (i.e., if you state something is right or wrong, back it up with a valid citation). On a final (and sad) note, it may be important to write for your Continue Reading...
Writing a good summary will likely require several readings of the article in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of its main points (you might want to make a few notes concerning the main points during the review process). Once you’ve finished this step, you can start the actual writing process in the present tense and third person. In many cases, an article is organized into sections such as an introduction, purpose, methodology and so forth and each of these sections should be summarized individually. Be sure to mention the author or authors’ names, the title and date of the Continue Reading...
