| ge is a lot stricter than high school when it comes to | | | | support what you have to say. |
| writing essays. Not only will you be expected to | | | | In the academic world, scholars build on each others |
| produce work that is free of errors, you will also | | | | work, so you should give proper accreditation. Once |
| need to quote any sources used in the writing of | | | | you're at college you will be expected to learn the |
| your college essay. You will need to list all the | | | | proper terms for something and if you're writing an |
| sources that you have used, such a list is usually | | | | English essay you will be expected to examine the |
| known as a bibliography or list of the books and | | | | authors use of language in the text. |
| articles you may have used to research your work. | | | | At college you will be expected to demonstrate your |
| You will also be expected to use an accepted | | | | thinking is growing by developing an understandable |
| referencing system such as the APS or the Harvard | | | | and well structured argument in term papers and |
| system. You should be given information on | | | | essays. The way to use sources in a college essay is |
| referencing etc. and where to find information in your | | | | to summarize in your own words what you think the |
| first few weeks of college. | | | | author is saying and then to reference the source in |
| As soon as you use a book, journal or website in | | | | the appropriate way. |
| researching your college essay you should write it | | | | Most college essays are given as homework and are |
| down as these things are often hard to find at the | | | | meant to give your professor an indication of what |
| end of writing your college paper. You may not think | | | | you have learned in your time at college so far. |
| it's very important, but unless you have a proper | | | | Whether you have learned to use that knowledge to |
| bibliography and correct referencing; no matter how | | | | help you in your academic work. When you start |
| good your essay is you will lose grade points. It's | | | | writing your essay they will probably be quite short, |
| very common for students to write a thesis | | | | between five hundred and fifteen hundred words, |
| statement or what they believe to be the case | | | | but this will increase as you go through college. |
| about a given subject at the beginning of an essay | | | | An increase in the number of words you need to |
| or research paper. | | | | write will show whether that you can develop an |
| College essays usually have a structured format for | | | | argument further during the course of an extended |
| introduction, the main part of the argument which | | | | piece of writing. Professors will use those essays to |
| may or may not use sub-headings depending on the | | | | decide how well you are doing on the course and to |
| length of the piece and a fully rounded conclusion. | | | | see whether you have digested the information |
| The middle of the essay is the place where you use | | | | given out to you in class. |
| resources to help you construct an argument and to | | | | |