Kakakelvin Posted April 19, 2010 Report Posted April 19, 2010 First of all I would like to know if I posted this on the right section. If it isn't please kindly move this to the proper one. Ok today, I decided to share my thoughts, and others', on how to write an "A" paper for any classes. Here you will learn how to write an effective essay to make you get the "A" . 1. Effective academic writing: A writer must write in a western world style in order to achieved the "A" paper. Any other style may be considered irrelevant and half of the points could be deducted. 2. Learning your audience: Effective writing involves audience. The audience varies from professors, students, or "homies". The formality of the essay for these audiences is blatant. For example, a student applying for scholarships must be very formal, serious and objective. On the contrary, the same student writing letters to his/her friends should choose an informal style where the student can be intimate or friendly. Addressing the correct audience with the level of formality helps the writer gain maximum points. The Range of Formality Technical/Formal ; Informal/Colloqiual Audience --> Professors ; Close friends and family Tone --> Serious ; Friendly Vocabulary--> Academix: Concise ; Slang: Idioms Language --> Few errors; Simple mistakes such as run-on Content --> In depth: Unified ; Repetitive: Casual conversation Organization-->Clear: Coherant ; Less structured 3. Coherence is the key: The writer must consider the flow of his/her essay. The transition of one sentence to another should be linked. For example, 'Paris is a wonderful city. It is a memorable place to visit. My mom went there last year. She fell in love there and she got engaged there as well. She said, "It is very beautiful". There are places like the Eiffel Tower ...'. The bolded emphasis is not related to Paris being a wonderful city. This will cause a deduction of points. The writer must consider ommiting the sentence or changing it. Furthermore, the essay must consist of consistant point of view. An essay with the topic of Paris being a wonderful city must have only your point of view. It must not contain "mother's" point of view. 4. Number agreements: This is the most obvious part of the essay where points can be deductive easily. In example, 'My friend was in Paris last year. She have lots of friends there'. The correct agreement for the second sentence is "has". The teacher will be very disappointed for this silly mistake and usually take out more points than usual. The rules for number agreement are simple; a. Singular countable nouns such as "computer" and "machine" must be accompanied by either an article[a, an, or the], singular demonstrative adjectives[this, that, these, those], quantitive words[each, every, one, another] or possesives[his, her, theirs]. b. Do not use a and an with a plural noun c. Don't use "the" when generalizing about a noncountable noun. For example, 'The honesty is the best policy'. d. Adjectives doesn't have to agree with the noun. For example, 'Computers are amazings machines'. e. Subject-verb agreement. 5. Pronouns and reference: Make sure that the pronoun usage is not unclear. We all like to mention pronouns for we don't tend to over use proper names but one must be careful for unclear pronoun usage. For example, 'Dark streets are dangerous here unscrupulous people hide. They are dangerous'. In the sentence the word "they" is unclear and could have both referred to dark streets or unscrupulous people. Points will be surely deducted for these. Note: If the writer follows the above helpful hints, he or she is a big step closer to the "A" paper. However, these helpful hints are only small. For Research Papers Paraphrasing: This is very important in research essays. Plagiarism is a serious subject in America or Canada. In order to avoid Plgiarism, one must consider the following hints; a. Use synonyms. it is easy to find another word for the original world in the English Language. For example, the word "in love' can be change to "infatuated". Synonyms are helpful. The most helpful probably. b. Change word forms. Original Sentence: In a tornadic storm, property is destroyed. Changed Word Form: A tornado causes destruction of property. c. Changing direct to indirect quotations. d. Changing clauses and phrase. e. Changing word order. Original Sentence: In a tornadic storm, property is destroyed. Changed Word Form: Property s destroyed during a strong whirlwind storm. f. Site your sources! Include footnotes if you want. Bibliography is a must have for research papers. For Narrative Essays a. Make a point in your story. It is usually a lesson or an emotion. b. Use the first person, I. It is called narrative essay for one reason. You are the narrator; thus, the one who is telling the story. c. Determine the order of the story whether chronologically A-Z, dramatically Z-A-Z, or simply start out with a foreshadowed event C-A-Z. d. Make sure you give an uneven treatment to your paragraphs. The most important ones should be more detailed; therefore, should require more time telling about them. e. Be wary of essay structures. There are at least three different structures fit for a narrative essay. They are framed, half-framed, and straight narrative. Framed structures have an introduction where a thesis can be located and a conclusion. Half-framed structures have either an introduction or a conclusion but not both. Lastly, a straight narration doesn't have an introduction and a conclusion. Straight narration can't get the point out directly to the reader so one must be cautious of writing using this structure. f. The climax of the story should be dramatacize well above others. g. Use dialogues to add more focus and/or detail to the paper. h. Be consistent with time frame work. Use past tense for every verb unless it is use for names or the dialogues. For example, 'I was Robert.' You still are Robert today unless you had a name change. i. Do not put too much thinking or feeling into the narrative essay. The thesis should have proven the point. The only thing you need to worry about is telling the story. Be sure to include actions and/or movements. I hope the following guide is helpful for future writing. I also wish that I can condense the guide into a smaller one but it is hard to be more concise. If you combine these tips with the"7 helpful Hints for an[essay]", the writer will be 90% guaranteed to get that well deserve "A" .
Amicable Posted April 20, 2010 Report Posted April 20, 2010 A+ and yes *clap clap* <3 :P Oh and hi Kelvin :) Oh and hi Kelvin :)
Dearly Beloved Posted April 21, 2010 Report Posted April 21, 2010 (edited) Once again, you're a smart fellow. (: Nice of you to help others ,and so I thank you. :D Edited April 21, 2010 by Dearly Beloved
Kakakelvin Posted April 21, 2010 Author Report Posted April 21, 2010 A+ and yes *clap clap* <3 :P Oh and hi Kelvin :) Oh and hi Kelvin :) Lmao haha hey Jay =] Once again, you're a smart fellow. (: Nice of you to help others ,and so I thank you. :D Lol haha Noo.. Thank youu :)
» Pat Posted April 21, 2010 Report Posted April 21, 2010 Academic Writing: What to do to get an "A" Paper. Copy someone.
Dearly Beloved Posted April 22, 2010 Report Posted April 22, 2010 Lol haha Noo.. Thank youu :) Your very welcome. (:
