HOW TO COMPOSE AND PUBLISH

A G O O D E S S A Y

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Monday, 14th Jan 2008

COMPOSING A GOOD ESSAY

Technical Writing Features

The Components of your ESSAYLayout

Language & Style Jargon

Abbreviations & Acronyms First Person or Third Person

Non-Discriminatory LanguageReferences

THE COMPONENTS OFYOUR ESSAY

• Title Page• Disclaimer• Abstract• Acknowledgments• Contents Page• List of Figures and Tables• List of Symbols and

Definitions

• Introduction• Main Sections and

subsections• Conclusions• Recommendations• References• Appendices

Layout

For Essay Purposes• Title Page• Figures and Tables - Layout• Chaptering Numbering System• Font• Appendices

Language & Style

For Essay Purposes• Aim To Inform• Be Concise • Be Clear• Be Correct• Please refer to KBBI

JARGON

For Essay Purposes• Technical terminology of any specialized field• Commonly used when communicating with others in your field• Can create a communication problems if used in

communications aimed at a general audience• Has a multiple meaning in general and technical contexts• Solution: use and require a specialist dictionary for learning

technical and sub technical vocabulary.

Abbreviations & Acronyms

For Essay Purposes• Carefully used of abbreviations and acronyms• For the first time use, you must spell out the full term followed

by the abbreviations & acronyms in bracket• Considering the total amount of abbreviations & Acronyms used

in your article

1st person / 3rd person

For Essay Purposes• For scientific article : considering the use of 3rd person method,

in order to avoid destroying objectivity (Lindsay,1995)

BUT• The use of first person can make your article more interesting BECAUSE• The use of active voice make your article more clear than

passive voice (3rd person)

Non-Discriminatory Language

For Essay Purposes• Legal obligation of all writers• Reveal truthful facts of the article• Avoid statements that suggest bias or prejudice towards any

group• For example: avoid making unsupported statements about a

person’s age, economic class, national origin, political or religious beliefs, race or sex.

REFERENCES

For Essay Purposes• Don’t ever forget to put a correct copyright of pictures, tables,

photos which is not made by you.• Always make a reference in footnote or Appendix if you quote

one of your statement from other people opinion/books.• By adding references in your article, it will increase degree of

scientific and technical of article.• Example:Day, R.A, Scientific English – A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals. Oryx Press, 1992

Reference:Offner C and Mort P, Technical Writing: Features & Conventions, The Learning Centre, University of New South Wales, 1999

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