A guide on how to write a good essay would be soo useful! I often get so lost trying to articulate my ideas concisely and getting lost in the details of questions even when I’ve done lots of extra reading. I also think I try to include too much information to have a holistic argument ( not missing key ideas) and struggle to highlight the key parts.
legend. I started watching your videos in year 12 and now I'm watching this in my first term of Cambridge! thank you because your videos have helped so much for getting into oxbridge and demystifying the whole process
@@JesusCollegeOxford1571 thank you so much, yes I am, it's such an amazing place to study (historically, and the amazing libraries) and I really like the course!
I wholeheartedly agree with the point about adding in your own perspective/making your own argument. Unfortunately at my school I'm always told to remove this element from my essays and am encouraged to sound as passive as possible. It's quite a relief to know that this isn't the process everywhere!
Thank you so much for this video. Although, I am still an 8th grader I have found countless valuable insights in this video that will , without a doubt help me in my journey in the field of English literature and essay writing. I especially appreciated the part of the video regarding the importance of planning, as I am currently navigating my way through planning an essay on the cause and effects of the American colonists leaving England.
I absolutely love your videos Matt! Inspires me to write an essay, even though I've graduated and no longer need to! The best teacher ever in my book...helped me immensely. Thank you.
What makes a good dissertation next. Then what makes a good efficient literature review. Comparing Undergrad level, Masters level, PhD level, staff level, then professional/dean level. This seems obvious to the expert reader but not for most students which is probably the main demographic of this channel's viewers. It also helps ease and accelerate the transition
You can draw out some implications. This means, answer a "So what?" question in your conclusion. If I think x, so what does that mean for other questions in the field. But, summarising your main points is essential in a conclusion.
I must exclaim two matters here, first is that I've never made the connections between essay and the french word essaie. Although both french and english have been languages I've spoken since early childhood, that association had never been made. Second, I have worked on projects tirelessly with cooperatives (classmates) who would copy-paste their work, and must say, after hours of writing and then glancing over another's work who'd just, without and dispel of energy, pasted an entire page of wikidpedia, I sweat... At just the thought. But the numbered times I've been in such a situation are in fact quite enormous...
Hello professor. I know this is quite late after the video has been posted, but I was curious, if a student wrote a good, detailed and well-researched essay but they often went off topic more-or-less (e.g linking to less relevant things) would that significantly lower their mark? I've frequently struggled with editing my essays and cutting down less relevant chunks as I feel all parts of my essay have some thought processes of varying importance that I'd like to keep but this often results in my essays feeling clunky and quite messy. If you had any tips for this I would be grateful if you could share them. Thank you for these videos, they're not only instructive but enjoyable to watch and, as always, have a lovely day.
Good question. Certainly at a British university, any content that is not responding to the question would not contribute to the marks. I'm aware that in other countries, especially the US, essay questions can be taken as prompts for wide-ranging discussions. In Britain, it is typical that the markers are looking for more focused question-specific analysis.
I see but would that necessarily take away from the mark of other content or would it simply be ignored? Thank you for your response and have a great day.
It would be ignored, but would also waste your valuable word limit, therefore detracting from your other content as well. My advice to students at a UK university is to answer the question, the whole question, and nothing but the question.
There are what is called "electoral autocracies", where an autocrat go through with sham or significantly corrupted elections for the sake of appearances, or to keep quiet International/domestic critics: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_autocracy
