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My name is Cath Anne
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50 of the show.
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for your academic
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Academic Writing is
simple.
It is simple to write
an academic essay as long
as you know the appropriate
formula.
Today on the show we hope to
provide you with a strategic
formula that you can
use in your academic writing
and that you can follow each time
you write an academic essay.
The formula might seem boring
at first
and you may be tempted to add
some personality into your essay.
However remember when
you are writing an academic essay
it is very important
to avoid trying
to entertain your professor
and focus on writing
and conveying the knowledge that you
know about a topic at hand.
Use this formula on
essay tests,
in formal essay assignments,
and even in college
entrance exams.
We will break down the formula using
the five paragraph essay.
The formula can also be used
for longer essays as
well or any type of essay
that you're writing.
It can go from a five paragraph
essay to a five page
essay depending on how much
content you have to write on the topic.
In general the formula follows
this pattern: State your
thesis in the first paragraph.
Follow that up
with three points of interest
about the thesis.
At the end of the first paragraph use
a transition sentence to bring
everything together
and lead into the next paragraph.
Each following paragraph will highlight
one point about your topic at hand.
And then finally the essay will
conclude with,
of course,
a concluding paragraph.
To help you remember the formula
you can use this acronym: OPT -
O-P-T,
1REST,
2REST,
3REST,
C.
If you're doing a test it might help to write
this down in the margin of your essay
exam.
You will begin by opening.
This is the 'O' part of the acronym.
Use an opening sentence to open
your topic.
You will usually be introducing
your thesis statement
and you'll use because in this first
sentence.
The 'P' stands for points.
Next, you will want to discuss each
of the points that you will be
overviewing throughout your essay.
Each point will then stand for one
of the paragraphs throughout your essay.
Make sure that you write them in sequence
in your first paragraph so
that your reader will understand
when you will bring up each point in
the essay.
Finally,
the T stands for transition.
This final sentence in your opening paragraph
will be to help
you transition from
the information you provided in your introduction
and move on to the paragraphs.
Next you'll move on to your REST paragraphs.
Each of these rest paragraphs provides
information about some of the points that
you brought up in your introduction.
You will want to include supporting
evidence
and then also a transition sentence.
The first paragraph is called
the 1REST paragraph.
You will state the reason for the information
using different words.
You will provide evidence
for this information.
You'll provide a summary to support your
evidence.
And then again you will look at providing
a transition sentence into
2REST, your second
paragraph providing information about your
topic.
This will follow the same pattern.
You'll provide a reason that you have
included this evidence.
You will provide some evidence.
You will then summarize the
information that you provided
and again you will provide
a transition sentence,
moving you on to
the third paragraph.
The third paragraph then is your
third REST
and this will be providing your third
reason.
You will provide your
reason.
The evidence that you've included this reason.
A summary of this evidence.
And then of course a transition
sentence.
Finally
you'll move on to the conclusion.
Conclusions can be tricky.
Some professionals say
don't summarize the rest of your
essay.
Some people focus on
that they want you to summarize
the rest of your essay.
Some professionals also believe that
you should not bring up new topics
or new information in
your essay at the conclusion
point.
However some people say you
should.
So what is the right way to go
when you're looking at writing a
proper conclusion?
I feel that briefly summarizing
the rest of the points that you
have included in your essay can be really
effective
and restating your thesis statement
the conclusion can be a really great opportunity
to summarize what you've said
and to conclude on a high note.
It is also fine
to include
some new information
or something that you think may come
of that research as long
as it's relevant
and truly fits
with the rest of the essay.
Here are some ideas for your conclusion:
Give a brief summary of the main
points of the body of the essay;
Ask a challenging question;
Use a relevant quotation
to summarize what you have discussed;
Compel the reader to act
upon the information you've provided;
Give a warning - this might
work with something like climate
change; Compare the information
you've provided to other situations.
Here are some things you should avoid
doing in your conclusion:
Ending with a summary that sounds like
your first paragraph.
Your professor won't like this because
it looks like you haven't done as much work.
Avoid introducing a new topic
or a new subtopic.
Avoid bringing up a minor point that
you discussed in your essay.
And definitely don't apologize
for not being an expert.
I also wanted to mention
that if you're using this formula
in an essay test,
keep in mind that
your professor is looking for specific
responses to information that
they have provided throughout
the course.
If you're looking at conclusions
and providing information
make sure that you stick to the information
that the professor has included
throughout the course.
This is not a time to bring up
different information
or new opinions that
you have.
Although the professor might be interested to see
what you have to say in a regular
essay format,
on a test they want to make sure
that you've taken in the information that
they've provided in their course.
Is that all there is to academic
composition, just providing
this formula and making sure everything
is okay?
N this formula
is simply the basics
in regards to academic composition.
It includes much more research,
organization of thoughts,
minimizing words that you
don't need,
using a specific style.
So although this formula can certainly
be helpful in many contexts
you'll still want to practice your
academic writing.
If you're looking for more information on
how to format an essay
properly
and use an essay outline,
check out Episode
47 of The Homework Help Show.
There we discuss how to structure
an academic essay outline.
I think that will really help you out.
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