mindfulmagics:actuallyadhd:SLIDE 1:How to write a kickass essay with ½ the stressA kickass ppt by wi
mindfulmagics:actuallyadhd:SLIDE 1:How to write a kickass essay with ½ the stressA kickass ppt by wittacismSLIDE 2:Find out what your teacher wantsget the assignment prompt and break it down into its individual partsthis becomes your skeleton for your essayspookySLIDE 3:Don’t start with the introduction paragraphseriously this is a great way of stumping yourself ten minutes into the writing processyou’re trying to write an intro for a paper that doesn’t exist yet???start with the first body paragraphSLIDE 4:Your awesome body paragraphsthe cool thing about the essay is that you pretty much get to tell people what to thinkdon’t hold backyour name is already on the top of the pageso whatever you saytry to really mean itSLIDE 5:Conclusion paragraphthe 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 commercialhold up all your arguments for the audience one more timejust in case they forgot what they just readSLIDE 6:Introduction paragraphnow that you have some kickass body paragraphs and a conclusion, rewrite your conclusion in introduce your topicnotice how its 300x easier to introduce something AFTER you’ve written itslap a badass thesis statement on the end of your introSLIDE 7:Badass thesis statementsremember that skeleton we made in slide 2?get it back outmake a single sentence that talks about all those pointsit’s totally cool to write a sentence that says, “In this essay, I argue that…”then just list those thingsdoneSLIDE 8:Quotesquotes are a great way to make yourself look credible and to add length to your paperlets be honest, no one actually wants to write 2,000 wordsyou need to talk before and after a quotetell people who you’re quotingtell people why they should careSLIDE 9:Citations!fun fact: Microsoft Word’s citation maker is literally the scum of the earthnever ever use ituse citationmachine.net insteador make your own(it takes about the same amount of time with a lil’ practice)SLIDE 10:Donego get yourself a milkshakebecause you have a rough draft, my friendbe 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.Updated tip: don’t use Citation Machine. I’ve loved it in the past but all the ads mean it’s garbage now unless you pay a subscription and it’s just not worth it. Use scribbr insteadIt’s totally free and if you make an account you can save multiple lists for multiple sets of sources (handy if you have long-term projects like senior thesis papers or finals or dissertations or term papers that need to be saved and updated over time) and they’re all listed and formatted the way they need to be and you can update or edit it however you need to -- source link