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1、AcademicWriting:TheEssay,写作指导论文AcademicWriting:TheEssayContentspageSection1:Introduction2Section2:Theshapeofanessay3-5Section3:Stylisticconventionsofacademicwriting6-11Section4:Checklist12Section5:References13Section1:IntroductionTheworldcanthanktheFrenchph
2、ilosopherMicheldeMontaigneforperhapsoneofthemostchillingwordsinthevocabularyofstudents,‘essay’.Formanythewordistheforbearerofpanicanduncertainty,somethingtiedtointellectualelitism,somethingbeyondthem.Thishandbooklookstodispelthemythologyaroundessaysbydecons
3、tructingtheirrequirementsandsettingoutwhatcomprisesagoodessay.Howyouapproachthemiskey,fromclearlyunderstandingthedifferencesinsemanticsbetween‘discuss’and‘examine’;towritingasuccinctintroduction;developingyourideasandeffectivelylinkingparagraphs;tobringinge
4、verythingtogetherintoacoherentconclusion,andallwritteninthecorrecttonewithdueconsiderationtotheessay’saudienceanditspurpose.Writingsomethingcomprisingtheaboveparagraphmayseembeyondwhatyoufeelisyouracademiclimit.Itisnot,andthishandbookwaswrittentoactasaSocra
5、ticmidwife,guidingyouthroughthepitfallsandcommonmistakestothefundamentalsofgoodacademicwritingbymakingsureyouareaskingyourselftherightquestionsandmakingsureyouhavethekeyconstituentsofagoodqualityessay.Tostartyouoff,thefollowingsectionasksthemostfundamentalq
6、uestion,whatisanessay?Section2:TheshapeofanessayAnessayisawellresearchedandlogicallystructuredanswertoaparticularquestion,orquestions,oftenpresentedasanargument.Anessayprovidesyouwithanopportunitytoarticulateyourideas,butinacertainway:usingformalacademicsty
7、leandtheconventionalstructureofanessay.Conventionally,anessayincludesanintroduction,abodyandaconclusion.(Unilearning,2000)EssaystructureIntroductoryparagraphIntroductorysentence(generalstatementlinkingwithandleadinguptothemainidea)Thesissentence/statement(w
8、hattheessay’sfocuswillbe)Essayoutline(whatwillbeexaminedthroughouttheessay:“body”paragraphs...i.e.whatiscomingupTransitionalsentence(linkingintroductoryparagraphtofirst“body”paragraph)Body:Thestructure
