How to Write an A+ Analysis (Without Going Crazy)

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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Can You Go from More General to More Specific in Your Essays? You Better…

Does this sound familiar? You sit down to write, cursing the world, asking yourself why you have to write this stupid essay. You manage to come up with a couple of sentences; then a paragraph; and then it happens. You’re out of ideas. You’re stuck. You have nowhere to go. Game over. What do you [...]

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Three Simple Rules of Using Contractions You Must Know

The way you use contractions (e.g. Do not vs Don’t) tells your reader a lot about you. If you are not clear on how to use them, You will convey that you haven’t done a lot of writing in your life Your language may sound unnatural Your sentences may lose some of their power You [...]

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How to Build an Essay Topic – Three Essay Topic Samples Part 1

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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There vs They’re vs Their – Which to Choose? When to Use?

These words sound the same, but have totally different meanings. And if you keep confusing them with one another in your essays, then: Your grade will suffer Your professor will think that you didn’t go to a good school  It will be hard for you to make a good impression with your writing So, you [...]

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How to Use the Internet for Essay Ideas

In order to find relevant information on the Internet and never have your professor accuse you of plagiarism, here are two simple steps to take: 1. Find vivid examples A vivid example is usually a story of a person, a group of people, or a company (but preferably a person) that illustrates the main point [...]

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The Biggest Time Waster in Essay Writing Every Student Should Know About

If you’re like me, you want your essays done as quickly as possible. But if you are in the habit of doing what I call Excessive “Research,” then it may take you hours before you’ve even written your first page, because you’re so busy looking up stuff on the Internet. Have you ever done this? [...]

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Subject-Verb Agreement – Get It Once and Enjoy Forever

Subject-Verb Agreement can: Either make or break your grade or essay score Show you professor or instructor that your grammar skills are at an A+ or a C level Make your writing come across as mature and competent or immature and incompetent That’s the power of the impression subject-verb agreement or disagreement can create of [...]

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How to Write an Essay? Focus and Dominate

Today I’d like to teach you a few simple concepts that will: Save you lots of unnecessary effort Get you on a fast-track to learning how to write an essay quickly and easily Teach you what really makes a difference in essay writing You’ve probably heard it a hundred times: It takes a lot of [...]

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