Examples of Essays

MrTomato

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

Calm down - the reality is that sadly, lots of students pay out for these essays, expecting some level of quality - many are in fact badly written and cobbled together - which is little use for a student trying to work out what a really good assignment should look like.

Too many struggling students submit these as their own work, and are caught out, either through plagiarism spotting software, or because the essay submitted does not quite fit the assignment question set, or because the writing style is very different to the student's own. It is generally not difficult for an experienced lecturer to spot plagiarised assignments.

Buying them is not illegal, but plagiarising from them; or submitting them under your own name is very problematic, and may well carry heavy penalties. Sure, the OP can buy one, if they so desire, but caveat emptor!

Oh, and you have been subjected to a barrage of abuse... not a barrell of abuse!

why can't abuse be in a barrel? And it wasn't me who was the victim, it was the OP.

elfen

This is what I've been told.....

Intro - what you are attempting to achieve, and the examples you will be using to back you up on.

Body - always use POINT QUOTE EXPLAIN. Make your point - back it up with a peer assessed quote (either from an academic book/online journal/online resource) and then either prove or disprove using the evidence/analysis you have done. e.g. if you're talking about literary theory, state the theory/point you're making about it, find a quote that either supports or denies this, then use analysis from a book/poem to back this up.

Conclusion - ALWAYS write a conclusion, it allows you to pull the points together into one big piece of work. Usually start with 'in conclusion' and say how you have either proved/disproved/argued both sides of the point, and which you agree with.

Remember, they don't want opinion, they want fact. They want to see you've read and understood the material given.
Also, look up Harvard referencing, as this is the most commonly used referencing system (of course, if you're told different, use a different one)

Hope this helps

Quiet_Life

"Oh, and you have been subjected to a barrage of abuse... not a barrell of abuse!"

'why can't abuse be in a barrel? '

You are kidding Mr Tomato aren't you?

The_One_Who

These essay sites are rubbish. Had a look at the one posted above, and the quality of them is practically non-existent. I would never, ever submit anything like them. If the OP wants to know what a decent essay looks like then they'd be wise to steer clear of these sites.

MrTomato

Quiet_Life wrote: »

"Oh, and you have been subjected to a barrage of abuse... not a barrell of abuse!"

'why can't abuse be in a barrel? '

You are kidding Mr Tomato aren't you?

serious as anything can be.

Quiet_Life

No comment (sigh)

melancholly

options that should be easy/free:

speak to a lecturer at the end of a lecture to ask about it
go to office hours
email lecturer to ask for a meeting
find someone in the year above and ask for their input
proof read essays for friends and see what you all think is good/bad about eachothers' work
etc
etc
etc

all require *individual* effort, which is the most likely way to get a response rather than the whole year asking for example essays (which to me, as a marker, sounds a bit too generic to be able to answer at all, and also sounds a bit 'whingy' for want of a better word!).

parley

I just wanted to thank everyone for all their advice. I got grade A for two of my assignments.

I found reading lots of Jounals really helped in writing the assignments, also looking at the site MrTomato suggested was helpful as I had some examples of badly written essays which I wanted to compare.

Now need to get a title for a dissertation in communication. Any ideas most welcome.

:beer:

Quiet_Life

An apocryphal example from World War I of a message being sent down the trench line is
Send reinforcements, we're going to advance
which became
Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance.

I'd personally go for
Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance.

The_One_Who

parley wrote: »

Now need to get a title for a dissertation in communication. Any ideas most welcome.

It doesn't need to be jazzy or eye-catching, just something related to the topic at hand is enough. I think people get too worked up by the title of their dissertations, when in reality they should be concerned about the actual content. The title isn't anything in the grand scheme of things.