actuallyadhd: SLIDE 1: How to write a kickass essay with ½ the stressA kickass ppt by wittaci
actuallyadhd: SLIDE 1: How to write a kickass essay with ½ the stressA kickass ppt by wittacism SLIDE 2: Find out what your teacher wants get the assignment prompt and break it down into its individual parts this becomes your skeleton for your essay spooky SLIDE 3: Don’t start with the introduction paragraph seriously this is a great way of stumping yourself ten minutes into the writing process you’re trying to write an intro for a paper that doesn’t exist yet??? start with the first body paragraph SLIDE 4: Your awesome body paragraphs the cool thing about the essay is that you pretty much get to tell people what to think don’t hold back your name is already on the top of the page so whatever you say try to really mean it SLIDE 5: Conclusion paragraph the conclusion is like the end of a 30 second commercial where they hold the product up at the end just in case you forgot you were watching a Hot Pockets commercial hold up all your arguments for the audience one more time just in case they forgot what they just read SLIDE 6: Introduction paragraph now that you have some kickass body paragraphs and a conclusion, rewrite your conclusion in introduce your topic notice how its 300x easier to introduce something AFTER you’ve written it slap a badass thesis statement on the end of your intro SLIDE 7: Badass thesis statements remember that skeleton we made in slide 2? get it back out make a single sentence that talks about all those points it’s totally cool to write a sentence that says, “In this essay, I argue that…” then just list those things done SLIDE 8: Quotes quotes are a great way to make yourself look credible and to add length to your paper lets be honest, no one actually wants to write 2,000 words you need to talk before and after a quote tell people who you’re quoting tell people why they should care SLIDE 9: Citations! fun fact: Microsoft Word’s citation maker is literally the scum of the earth never ever use it use citationmachine.net instead or make your own (it takes about the same amount of time with a lil’ practice) SLIDE 10: Done go get yourself a milkshake because you have a rough draft, my friend be proud of yourself (Note: all text copied word-for-word, with errors intact.) englishmajorhumor: wittacism: It’s essay writing season for tons of students! After being a college writing tutor for over a year, I thought I would share my advice with all you awesome people on tumblr. This is how I write essays, but if you’ve got more tips, feel free to add them below. Happy writing. You can do it! This is actually brilliant. -- source link
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