Hi guys and welcome back to
our channel.
My name is Cath Anne
and this is Episode 44
of The Homework Help Show by Homework Help Global.
Here on the show we provide you
with valuable content for your
academic and student life.
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Learning how to find develop
and express ideas is key
to success in postsecondary
education.
In this video we will offer strategies
to help you improve your writing
and research capabilities
when you begin your courses.
You will receive syllabus.
This schedule of dates
and assignments will help you to budget
your time effectively.
It is important to go through your
syllabus and make sure you
are aware of all upcoming
dates.
It is especially important to
be familiar
with the dates of upcoming assignments
and get started on those right
away.
Budgeting your time effectively will
allow you to do the research
and thought development required
to write an effective essay.
And that is what we will be talking
about today.
According to the MLA
or Modern Language Association
handbook the sorts of activities
that constitute a research paper
identifying locating
assessing and assimilating others
research and then developing
and expressing your own ideas clearly
and persuasively are
at the center of the educational
experience.
Without careful laborious
thinking writing is merely
a transcription of empty words.
In other words you will want
to make sure that you develop an
opinion
and some thoughts around the content
and not just regurgitate the research
that you come across when you are doing your
initial research.
In other words you will want to make sure
that you develop an opinion
and some thoughts on the topic at hand.
You do not just want to regurgitate
the research that you have found
when you are doing your initial
discovery of the information
that is out there in the literature on your
topic.
There are three important elements to incorporate
into academic writing
research logical
argumentation
and writing in a formal
and precise style.
These three components combined
are what make an effective
essay.
Furthermore writing an academic
essay includes a series of
important steps where
as the facts mentioned
before are more of the theory behind
the essay writing.
These are some steps that you will want
to pursue as you move forward
in writing your essay.
Number one brainstorm.
Number two make an outline.
Number three complete research.
Number four write the first draft
number five revise
and number six proofread.
We will go through these one by one so
you have a breakdown of all
of these steps.
Begin by making sure you understand the
assignment and all of the steps involved.
If you do have any questions.
Make sure you go to your professor right
away to make sure you understand
the assignment instructions.
This is where reading your syllabus
ahead of time will come in handy
because if you do have any questions you
can go to your professor early
and they will be able to clarify anything
you are unsure about.
Start by brainstorming.
Find a good idea by thinking
about local issues pertinent
information interesting pieces
of news.
Think about something that will really grab
your reader.
This is an essential component
of writing a strong essay.
Check out Episode 34 of
The Homework Help Show.
For more on writing a strong
thesis statement that will intrigue
your reader and keep them wanting more.
You may be given a topic
or you may have the freedom
to choose.
In any case make sure
that you are familiar
with the topic
and take the time to write down
everything you know about the topic
ahead of time.
Think about what idea interests
you.
Narrow it down a topic
like environmental protection
is too general
environmental protection in
Canada is
a little bit better.
However we can narrow it down a little bit more.
Environmental protection
of the Fraser River in
Canada.
Is definitely more specific
and you will find much research on this topic
which will allow you to develop a
strong thesis statement
and therefore a strong essay.
Finally think about something
you are interested in.
Perhaps you do not have the power
to choose your own topic
but pick an angle
which interests you.
You will be much more likely to write an
interesting essay if you're
interested and engaged in the
topic.
Second make
an outline organize
your ideas into subtopics.
This will give you a better idea of
what you already know about the topic
and it will help you to organize
your thoughts moving forward.
Writing an outline will give your papers
some direction
and give you an idea of where
you will go as you
proceed in writing your essay.
Thirdly take some time to
do some in-depth research on the
topic.
The more information you have on the
topic the easier it will be to
write the essay
and you will be able to write a stronger
argument in regard to the topic
you are considering.
Remember writing a research essay is
not just stringing together facts
that you learn along the way in your research
process.
Rather you must develop an opinion
or an argument about the information
that you do come across.
Think about the word synthesising.
So rather than taking facts
and information
and stringing them together you are
looking at to create a logical
flow with your essay.
Use your outline as a guide
to help you along the way
and let you know how to proceed
in writing your essay.
Plug in all of the research information
that you come across into your outline
and this will give you a guide
along the process of writing your essay.
Remember to make use of resources
like the librarian the
writing center
or another peer
or a peer tutor.
If you need some help to do research.
Checking with your professor
and see if they can guide you
or if they may have any resources
available that will help you
to write your essay.
As well.
Don't forget to use some of the information
and readings that the professor provides
throughout the coursework.
It is likely that they will want this
included in your essay
and this can also give you a guide
as to what information
the professor may be looking for.
The fourth step in the process is
to begin writing the first draft
of your essay using your
edit line and the research you have come across.
Begin putting everything together.
See how your argument
or your opinion on the topic.
Evolves throughout the writing process.
Perhaps you acquire more information
and you develop a different perspective
along the way.
Although you may have a strong sense of
what you would like at the beginning of
the paper.
And this is recommended
you may develop a stronger sense
of your vision for the paper as you progress
throughout the paper writing process.
Number 5 go back
and read through your essay.
Be careful to look for
clear ideas add details
and additional research including
quotations.
Make sure all of your sources are
well cited
and improve your writing.
This includes changing things like
grammatical mistakes run
on sentences misspelled
words.
But it also includes.
Adding in information that
you think will enhance your paper.
One great way to do this is to exchange
your paper with another person
having a second set of eyes can always
help in editing your paper.
This might be a peer
or perhaps it's someone at the writing
center.
Check for repetition check for
sentence structure.
Make sure that all the ideas flow
well together and that you are making
an argument that fuses
together overall.
Remember that editing a paper can
make the difference between.
An average grade
and a good grade.
This is where time management comes
in handy because you do not want
to be waiting till the last minute to edit
your paper.
This is a necessary step in writing
an essay. So make sure that you do
put in the time to do some editing at
the end.
Finally go back
and proofread.
This is a second go over on your
paper
and in this process you will want to
be very detailed in terms
of what information you are looking
at. So you are looking specifically
for grammatical errors punctuation
mistakes run on sentences
and here you are also really looking
to hone your writing.
So make sure you don't have any passive
language everything must be direct.
You really want to create a
strong essay
and this is what the proofreading process
will help you with.
Finally at the end of the essay
writing process go through
a checklist.
Have you followed the instructions.
You have the correct number of
words or pages.
Do you have InTech citations.
And do they match your
bibliography
or reference page.
And finally have you written
the correct type of essay
and have you done what the professor
is looking for.
If you go back to this checklist
and you are able to check
all of these off.
Congratulations you have written an
awesome essay.
You are an ace essay writer
and these tips will help you along
the way to get a great grade
on your essay.
Remember essay writing is more
than just stringing together
information that you come across.
Sure there is a lot of information out
there and it may be overwhelming
at first. However if you give yourself
the time
and a process
through which to write your essay
you will thank yourself in the long
run because you will write a much
stronger essay.
Make sure you develop your opinion
and an argument about the topic at hand
and really show your professor
that you are invested in the
topic and that you know what you're talking about.
Think about it you might even learn something.
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