Tackling Essay Questions
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WritingParagraph
Tackling Essay Questions
Creative Writing
Describing Visual Data
Screening Useful Resources
Bibliographies and Plagiarism
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Bibliographies and Plagiarism
• In order to write good essays, one must know the techniques of developing paragraphs
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• A paragraph is a group of sentences that is self-contained
• It focuses on a particular idea to develop the topic
• It has a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a concluding sentence
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• A topic sentence is a general statement about a topic
• Supporting sentence (s) support the topic sentence by providing more details about the topic
• Concluding sentence summarises the whole idea for the paragraph
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There are three reasons why Canada is one of the best countries in the world. First, Canada has an excellent health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price. Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well-trained teachers and are encouraged to continue studying at university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and efficiently managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a result, Canada is a desirable place to live.
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Developing topic Developing topic sentencesentence
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• Write according to what the question wants- Read and understand the question- Interpret the question correctly by
looking at the keyword
• Write down the facts using an outline as a guide- Use the 5-paragraph essay
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• No specific rules• Can be fiction, poetry ot r non-
fiction• Written to:
- keep records of significant experience
- share experience with others- free individual expression for
mental and physical health
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Able to express yourself better
Find your own style
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• A list of writings with time and place of publication n preparing a document
• any borrowed ideas from sources such as books, journals, films should be given credit
• 2 popular ways of writing bibliographies:- MLA (Modern Language Association)- APA (American Psychological Association)
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• These citation style include- In-text cittaio- Works cited page
• In-text citation is to document the sources within your paper for immediate viewing
• Work cited page refers to the last page of your paper that list all the sources you cited.
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As Smith (1993) stated, "magazines for The general public generally have less Reliable evidence than scholarly or Professional journals" (p. 2).
In-text citation
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Segal, N. L. (1999). Entwined lives: Twins and what they tell us about human behavior. New York: Dutton
Work cited page
Boeckmann, R. J., & Turpin-Petrosino, C. (2002). Understanding the harm of hate crime. The Journal of Social Issues, 58, 207-225
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PlagiarismPlagiarism• Stealing someone else’ s ideas or
words and claimingthem your own• Plagiarism can be avoided by:
- citing sources by giving necessary information about the author (refer to slide 13 & 14)
• Do not:- copy and paste information without proper
citation- take paragraphs or passages from other
sources and insert them into own essay and claim these to be your own
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Screening resourcesScreening resources• Read the précis (summary of
abstract in own word) or abstract (summary by author) to get the overview of material
• Read the book introduction by looking at the:- topic sentence- supporting details- preview or scope
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Describing visual dataDescribing visual data• Familiarise yourself with the words
used to describe or interpret charts and graphs:- decline- peak- soar- fluctuate- decrease- level out- rise- fall
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