Help on Critical Essays?
When writing essays, try to sound as normal as possible, just because it's for an academic writing setting, doesn't mean you have to throw in fancy words. It's all about the message you convey and how you do it, not how pretty or how complex you make it sound. Say what you want to say in your mind and write it down after you've thought it through. For Essays, try to follow a generalized structure, I believe most teachers teach this to you at your age.. Introduction Paragraph - Introduce the topic (Your point of view, your analysis etc...) - Give a little background on the story (maybe the author? The purpose?) - Conclude with a simple sentence that summarizes your point and what you're about to talk about. Body Paragragh 1,2,3,4,..... (However many you have) - Begin with a topic sentence, a simple concise sentence that ties to one of the subjects you mentioned in the introduction. - Prove your point (give your point of view on the subject, or talk about a part of the story and relate something to it to show your point) - Conclusions sentence - Restate your claim or your point and sum it up. Conclusion Paragraph - Begin with another restatement of your points, this can be a little more detailed now that you've done all your explaining, but try to keep it from sounding too wordy. - Talk about how the points you make could be applied to a greater scheme, maybe lessons learned that are applicable to life, or anything like that - Make a profound statement, something that shows that you've given the subject a bit of thought, and that you're leaving the reader with an idea to think about. As for poems, poem analysis is a toughie, but you should be okay if you have a decent vocabulary that fits the period of the poem, and can imagine the situation described, or relate words to things that you know. Poem analysis is kind of abstract, so dont be afraid to say what you think, you cant end up with a wrong answer unless you're really trying to.
I need help with essay and thesis development?
Im doing a thesis on the halifax explosion, and my original thesis was "The halifax explosion was the biggest man made disaster to have ever caused a large scale of social, economic damage. But my teacher gave it a level 1 and said it was vague. im only grade 10, i dont know what he expects. I only have 3 sources with limited info. My new thesis is :"The halifax explosions critical casualty and impact on society, was inpart due to the lack of communication to citizens by higher authority" Please help, the essays due next week!
I need help writing a poetic analysis essay?
This assignment is not clear to us. Is the self-analysis an analysis of your writing style? Or are you writing a self-analysis and then analyzing the writing style you used in it? There's not much of a purpose or audience for a self-analysis. If you have an audience, then the question of diction is choosing the right words for the right audience. For example, suppose you are writing for Time magazine. The average reader has some college education and is reading for interest. So you want to choose fairly sophisticated words, and interesting, unusual words. For an academic essay, diction is a question of knowing which words are too informal to use- words like "kids", "guys" "a lot", for example. By syntax, your teacher probably means your sentences- how long and complex should they be. Again, for an academic essay, you want fairly long sentences, with subordinate clauses, not just short simple sentences. Simple sentences are appropriate if you are writing instructions for something, to get the idea across quickly. Economy is not usually much of a value in academic writing, although it should be! But economy means to get your ideas across in as few words as possible. In a real world setting, you need to do that because the audience doesn't want to read pages and pages to get an idea that could be conveyed in one page.
Do you mean can you use someone else’s words in your essay? Sure you can if you put quotes around the quote and attribute—say, in the essay, where that quote comes from. You’ll also need a works-cited page. And the quote should be for analytical effect—that is, you should be riffing off of that quote—analyzing it or using it to back up an argument you’re making. That’s possible in the title—you would, right away, tell your readers why you’re quoting that particular phrase—using it as your title.Frex—i want to talk about 1984 in an essay. I might look at what other critics have said about the politics of the novel (and the author’s fears that made him write the novel.) I might title my essay, “pure Big Brother crude,” which is a quote from a New Yorker article. On my paper, I’d need the attribution right there in the title: “Pure Big Brother Crude” (Gopnik p4).My first sentence of that essay might be something along the lines of:1984’s Ministry of Love, which critics thought was outrageously unrealistic, has nothing, in the end, on Gitmo. (which is leading up to what Gopnik is saying in that article.) I am using that quote to back up my coming argument in the essay’s body—that the novel is relevant to today’s politics in the US.That’s unconventional, tho—it’s done, but maybe not when submitting to conservative teachers/professors. So ask your prof if it’s ok to use a quote (correctly attributed). And don’t forget your works cited, at the end. How to Format a MLA Works Cited List in MLA 7 - EasyBib BlogEDIT TO ADD: huh—didn’t notice that you’d said you wanted to quote someone else in your thesis statement, word for word? I’d totally advise against that. Thesis statements are, more than anything in your essay, a crystallization of your thought processes. Quoting someone else in your thesis statement will give the impression that the essay isn’t primarily your thoughts, and that will severely hurt your grade. In fact, a quoted thesis statement, even if attributed, might cause the teacher to refuse to accept the whole paper. That’ll earn you a zero.
I Need Help on my Thesis Satement???
A thesis statement needs to pick a side - "employee privacy rights in a workplace" actually isn't a thesis statement...if you choose to argue that "employees do not have enough rights in the workplace"...then that's a good point to go off of. As far as supporting paragraphs you can look into: legal rights - privacy laws don't favor employees, there is no assumption of privacy in the workplace. Therefore an employer can snoop through your computer, read your email, etc. Check out the laws and cases; don't forget, after outlining the facts pick a side and say WHY you think that the laws are fair or unfair. You should be able to find at least three points to pull out of your research on the laws and studying cases (each point should be its own paragraph). Good luck.
Help on analytical essay on the book/film Rabbit Proof fence?
I have to write an analytical essay on the book rabbit proof fence by Monday. I was wondering if i could get some pointers on what i should write about in the body paragraphs. My intro to me seems weak and i need to get the readers attention i think in a better way than i have it now. My thesis is about having to preserve cultural identity so i need some topics so i can write my body paragraphs. Basically i need so help on how to start my introduction and what topics i should talk about in my body paragraphs.
I believe what you need is not an essay on critical analysis (how to do it and why it is needed), but an essay, which is a critical analysis.If you critically analyze an issue or a phenomenon – just describe it in all details, consider it from the different angles.If this has to be a critical analysis of an article or a literature piece (this is the most common task in relation to “critical analyses”) – dig intothe use of rhetoric (ethos/logos/pathos) – for an article;imagery and literary devices – for a poem,depiction of a particular character/topic – for a book.You are welcome to ask any further questions on the ask me page of my blog)
Need help with my thesis statement!?
Hi i need help with formulating my thesis statement. So far, my thesis statement is: The potato famine in Ireland resulted in three major outcomes: worsening the Anglo-Irish relationship, causing millions of Irish people to suffer from starvation, and crippling their economic system. However, when i gave this to my teacher he gave me some pointers saying that I need to make a general statement that will describe all three outcomes instead of listing three specific ones. My new thesis statement: Being under British rule, the Irish potato famine was a product of both social and economic causes that lead to drastic outcomes. Is this good enough? If not what can I do to better it? Please help!!! This is for a 16 page essay on the irish potato famine (EXTENDED ESSAY FOR IB) ! PS: my research questions is: Why was the potato famine in 1845-1852 critical in Ireland's history? Thank You! =D
Need help with a thesis statement?
Lying is such a broad topic, does your teacher want you to cover ALL types? You could do something controversial, like the benefits of lying, like how politicians do it to make the public feel calm about a tense situation, or (like your example) complimenting someone when you really don't mean it. I am sure everyone else will do theirs on how lies are bad, why not try something outside of the box? I will try to think of an actual statement for you, but the Eagles are on and I am totally distracted ;)