Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Thomas Hardy's ideas about essays

Preparing for Different Kinds of Essays


There are many different ways to prepare for an in-class essay. One way is to look over past notes from class, which can help to refresh your memory and clarify questions or any confusion. Another way to prepare for an in-class essay is to read over and use Spark Notes. However, it is better to think of your own ideas than to use someone else's ideas. A third way to prepare for an in-class essay is to look at your margin notes, that are kept inside your book. You can also come up with a list of possible ideas for the essay question, which will make you chock full of thoughts. One more way to prepare for an in-class essay is to watch a movie based on the book in question and see if this enlightens you on other points that you have overlooked before. All of these ideas are ways to help you prepare for an in-class essay and are useful to help you excel with your writing.

Long term essays are very different from short term essays. For starters you have time to research the topic of the essay. During a long term essay one has time to turn in a draft and receive feed back from a teacher. Also, you have time to add the teachers comments and corrections into your essay. In a long term essay you can proofread and make corrections to the paper. When writing a long term essay you have time to go through the book and collect quotes that help support your ideas. Finally in a long term writing assignment you have much more time to write and clarify ideas in the paper.

Short term and long term essays have many differences. In a short term essay you are under a lot of stress and a time limit so it is harder to clarify what you are trying to say. Secondly, in a short term essay there is no rough draft, so there isn't any feedback to revise the paper. When you are writing a short term essay you don't have time to collect quotes from the book that will support your ideas. Although they are both essays short term seem to be more difficult to execute because of time constraints and lack of revision

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