Checklist For Effective Essay Writing

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Students
should realize that essay writing isn’t all that hard when one is focused
enough and interested in the topic at hand. Keeping a positive mindset will
ensure that essays get done more smoothly and without exerting too much effort.

Here’s
a checklist that you as a student can follow in order to make sure your essay
is worth the effort:

  1. Don’t
    put it off till the last minute. Professors tend to dump research assignments
    on students, who in turn lose their enthusiasm resulting in delays to meet
    their deadlines. Leaving out all research work, writing etc till the eleventh
    hour is a potential risk for shoddy research, careless citations, and
    lackluster writing.

  2. Verify
    authenticity of resources. You can easily use the internet to conduct in-depth
    research over your essay topic. There are many viewpoints and information
    sources on the web [both fact and fiction] which you can use to build your
    essay. All that’s required is rationality and intelligence on your part to back
    your findings and eventual point of v view.

  3. Say
    NO to slang. This is looked down upon as one of the major causes of getting bad
    grades. Writing in an informal style is a critical error while writing an
    essay. While informal writing is okay for practice and creative writing, it is
    unacceptable while writing academic essays.

  4. Critique
    your own work. Imagine yourself as an examiner and review your essay once
    you’re done. Proofreading will allow you to notice any weaknesses or errors in
    the essay, so you can correct them before your examiner docks out potential
    grades.

  5. Don’t
    be too hasty. Carelessness in completing your essay will lead to undesired
    results, as examiners can easily identify half-hearted work. Make sure to put
    in the required time to polishing your essay so that examiners get the feeling
    that you’ve written it with utmost dedication.

6. Stay
within [size] limits. You may think that using larger font sizes and page
margins to create more pages will help meet your page quota, but professors are
professors for a reason [i.e. they’re smarter], so don’t even think about it.
Look for quality in your materialScience Articles, and quantity will follow.