Posts Tagged ‘essay’

7 Tips for Writing Exam Essays

1. Answer the Question.This is the first and most important suggestion. Answering the wrong question is a common mistake made by students. Unfortunately, it can be a real disaster for the grade you get in an exam. Make sure you understand what the examiner wants; it is highly advisable to refer back to the question throughout the answer. This point may sound like stating the obvious; but, in my… Continue reading

October 9 2007 | By Tejvan | Tagged: essay, exam, writing | 5 comments»

5 Rules of Effective Writing, by George Orwell

Literary legend, George Orwell wrote an essay in 1946 called Politics and the English Language as something of a cure for the state of writing in publications of the day. PickTheBrain.com brings to light 5 rules from said essay that will bring out your writing from the pack.

1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

March 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: english, essay, writing | 9 comments»

OttoBib – Free Bibliography Generator

Back in high school I deplored writing bibliographies. All the formatting rules drove me up the wall and I never understood the need for a standard of referencing books.How I wish OttoBib was available back then.This handy little browser app takes the ISBN [International Standard Book Numbers] of the books you want to reference and changes that into one of three formats, MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian. That's it, instant… Continue reading

February 16 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: essay, web2.0 | 8 comments»

Advice for students: Beware of thesaurus

Reading an essay from a college freshman many years ago, I came across a sentence that baffled me -- it referred to "ingesting an orange." I crossed out "ingest," wrote "eat," and wondered why anyone would've written otherwise. At the time, it didn't occur to me that my student had very likely started with "eat," only to cross it out and substitute a word that seemed somehow better --… Continue reading

February 5 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: essay, studying, writing | 14 comments»

Interesting Observation on Essay Fonts

Phil Renaud has observed a relationship between font faces and essay mark. He used past 52 papers that he had written throughout his university study, and he grouped all those essays into different category of font faces and calculated at the average marks. Surprisingly, essays with Serif font has better marks than with Sans-Serif font:... At first, I’m just relieved to be doing so well. Still, ever the skeptic, I… Continue reading

March 13 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: essay, Lifehack, writing | 3 comments»