June 13th, 2009
Writing a Vivid Descriptive Essay
It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But pictures aren’t always available to describe something, and then we do the best we can with words. And words have their limitations; like how do you describe color to a blind man? Nevertheless, words offer tremendous scope for recreating experiences, and that’s what a descriptive essay strives for.
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June 10th, 2009
An Argument Essay: Playing Devil’s Advocate
An argument essay is like engaging in a debate with your reader. You have to anticipate their questions while putting forward your thesis. The format for this essay is quite predictable so it will help if you have an essay outline first, jotting down the various points you want to include.
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June 8th, 2009
Classification Essay: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
We are often inundated with vast quantities of information. All at once, this can boggle the mind so we cope with this by organizing the information into various groups and dealing with them one by one. A classification essay follows a similar process.
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June 7th, 2009
A Critical Essay: Presenting an Argument without Prejudice
A critical essay, like a comparative essay, is about exercising your judgment in order to evaluate something. The most important rule is not let your biases interfere with your critique. This is easier said than done. Your choice of topic itself reflects your preference or bias for it, yet the idea is to justify your opinions with facts and present views opposed to yours as well.
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June 5th, 2009
Comparative Essay: Articulating Differences and Similarities
A comparative essay is a favorite with professors for assignments or exam questions. You will see it so often over the course of your academic life, you can practically type one in your sleep once you get the hang of it. But getting the hang of it is important, because many students underestimate the depth of analysis required.
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June 3rd, 2009
Nailing That Marketing Assignment: Sell It Right
A marketing assignment requires the student to take what he/she has learnt in marketing theory and to apply it in practice. It presents information and analysis in a way that helps the management make decisions. Since it has to look at the larger picture for a particular product or industry, it has to consider the various components of the market:
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June 2nd, 2009
How To Write an Informative Essay
An informative essay, as the term suggests, is directed at providing the reader with useful and interesting information about a certain subject, in a manner that is cogent and concise. Therefore, the first thing to keep in mind is the profile of the reader. Who is the essay being written for? An essay submitted to a popular science journal has to be written in a style very different from that of a more academic publication. If you are submitting as essay to a professor, you need to be aware of whether the essay is expected to be primarily factual with a few well-substantiated opinions or primarily based on your research supported by certain facts.
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June 1st, 2009
College Admission Essays: Separating the Good From the Blah
You’re in your last year of high school and imagining what life will be like a few months from now seems impossible. Yet, the college admission essay committee wants to know where you see yourself a few years from now, why this program is right for you and so on. The cursor on your screen blinks interminably, while you rack your brain for ideas. The first thing to do is to take a deep breath, kid. You are not alone. It’s perfectly normal to not have your life plan mapped out. The trick is to take a rough plan and refine it enough to convince the committee that you mean business.
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