Vital steps to overcome uncertainties among the students.
Every student knows how it is difficult, almost impossible to
write and organize the first writing assignment. It is more
difficult, if the student writes it alone for the first time.
Lack of experience, lack of time, and undoubtedly lack of
knowledge on the process of the completion of the
essay-contribute to this uncertainty. How it can be overcome?!
Certainly, the more students knew about the process of the
writing of the essay, the less they would fear it.
Let us explain some of the differences and similarities between
several types of the essays. For most of us, even for those, who
have already graduated from the Universities, any writing
assignment means something formal, something academic that
should correspond to some universal standards. In most of the
times that is true. A tutor would like you to produce well
written and well organized paper and to evaluate your ability to
research thoroughly and write according to some rules. However,
there is a type of an essay where all these requirements may be
jettisoned. This is an informal
essay. Here, in this type of writing assignment you are able
to reveal your personality by talking directly with your reader
intimately and frequently humorously. Nevertheless, you should
have a good plan of the essay; however-informal style is the
most important point. There is not any universal rule on how
this essay should be completed, try to imagine the conversation
between you and your friend, where you will be able to discuss
the topic or event you care for or some person that has
impressed you. Your opinion, in form of monologue, but informal
even with humor should be clearly stated.
But certainly, not all types of the essays can be completed this
way. Informal style is certainly an exception from the rule. In
many types of the essays you have to stick to some definite
structures and even some rigid rules. Let us examine
compare/contrast essay. It is undoubtedly, one of the most
difficult types of the essay, yet it is one of the most
important and useful ones. It allows you to develop compare and
contrast skills, to improve your ability to see and evaluate
similarities and differences in objects, things, personalities
and events.
Several useful tips for this type of an essay: 1) First, you
should evaluate similarities, then you must find an evaluate
differences. 2) If you compare some facts, evaluate one fact at
a time; do not try to jumble them together. 3) Do not try to compare and contrast incomparable features (for example
the taste of the lemon and the toughness of the ball's cover.)
Many students also experience some difficulties in the writing
of the literature
essay better. It is not possible to provide the reader with
universal guide to this type of an essay. However, every
literature essay comprises some indispensable elements: 1) It
should be succinct and must be written in lucid and
understandable style. 2) You should develop well-organized plan
of your essay. 3) Try to be more argumentative and more
creative. Your tutor would like to see and evaluate your ability
to analyze and understand the meaning of the text your have
read.
Certainly it is not possible to reveal al elements of several
types of the essays that the students are assigned with. You
need to study guides and instructions more thoroughly to
understand the requirements and purposes of your essay better.