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ASSESSING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ESSAY TOPIC, READING AND RESEARCHING, NOTE-MAKING, BRAINSTORMING AND PLANNING As this long heading sugges...

In writing an academic essay, you are constructing an academic argument; in other words, taking part in academic debate.   Your essay shoul...

You will be required to submit a draft to your tutor before your final essay submission. This will enable you to move sections or paragraphs...

Good academic style is direct and unpretentious.  Aim for simplicity and clarity, and avoid wordiness (do not use three words when one will...

To help you improve your writing I suggest you make the following changes to your MS Word settings. [MS Office 2010]

Quote only what is needed to illustrate your point or convey the point which a writer is making. Make sure that your quote supports your ...

Reading other critics’ analyses of the text you are discussing may help you to define your own response to the work in question, but should...

All essays, even those which explore only the primary text under discussion, are required to have a bibliography.   The bibliography should ...

This guide is based on the fifth edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers , by Joseph Gibaldi and Walter S. Achtert (New ...

Once all your hard work comes to an end and you are ready to print and submit your essay make sure that you don’t forget the following docum...

An essential part of your essay is the title. It should allude to the main point of your argument in a creative manner in order to inspire t...

You will be given a date for handing in your essay.   Keep to this date; late essays are penalised by 5% per day. The essay should be han...

Please read the following very carefully, and refer to it each time you have an essay or assignment to do. The department assumes that you ...

This document is based on the University of Stellenbosch’s interim approach to dealing with plagiarism in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sci...