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Knowing what an analysis is and being able to write one can mean a difference between passing or failing a course. And here’s why: Your professor may ask you to write an analysis without even mentioning that it is, in fact, an analysis Any time you discuss a work of fiction or even a film [...]

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Picking and building (developing) an essay topic is the first step in essay writing. And knowing how to do it well will help you : Write the rest of the essay faster Come up with quality material easily Have fun with it instead of suffering from not knowing what to write If you’ve been following [...]

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The stronger your Thesis Statement, the easier your life writing the rest of the essay. That’s why you should probably spend about as much time writing your thesis statement as it takes you to write the body of the paper. If your opening paragraph (which should include your thesis statement and, preferably, nothing else) is [...]

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WANT A SIMPLE ADVICE? Then I’ll keep this post short and simple for you. Let’s take a look at the following problem: Your essay is due tomorrow. You’ve chosen the topic. But that’s all you’ve got – your topic. Not a single sentence more. How do you start? Where do you begin? An even better [...]

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LET’S FACE IT – the better your essay writing skills, the better your grades and the higher your Grade Point Average. Your professors will always judge you on the quality of your essays. This is all they’ve got. They don’t always get a fair impression of all their students simply because not everyone participates in [...]

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Sample Essay 1

by TutorPhil

Here’s a sample essay I wanted to post here just to illustrate some of the points I’ve been making so far in my posts. Please note the following attributes of the essay (which is very short – only about 300 words or so) : The main point (thesis) is stated immediately The thesis statement provides [...]

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A lot of people have been asking me lately about writing a good thesis statement. And this is a great question I’ve been planning to write on for some time now. Let’s first explore what’s the big deal about those thesis statements, and then dive in to see how to write them. So, why is [...]

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