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Saturday 28 July 2012

Essay Writing Tips


Writing an essay is something like building a house. You probably have all your ideas but no order to them. This is something like having your tools and building supplies but no blueprint of your house. In both cases, if you begin without a plan, you are liable to create something that is disordered. Your house will have a triangular living room, and your paper will leap from one topic to another without any sense of direction. This article gives you some basic essay writing tips to get you started.

This is where an outline comes in handy. The purpose of an outline is to order your ideas so that your paper has a meaningful and logical structure. There are many choices to make when outlining, just as there are many different ways to outline the same topic. As you will see, it is a worthwhile task, for once you have your ideas in order, and you can focus on the writing of the essay without worrying about the structure. It is just like the builder who looks at his or her blueprints and then begins to build. 

Look at the sample outline. You will be using this model for your five-paragraph essay. Let us take one building block at a time.

Topic: 
Write down your topic in one concise statement or question. Here it appears as "health food for kids". If it helps, write it as a question: "What are some health foods for kids?"

Introduction: 
The introduction functions as the first paragraph of your essay. In the outline, there is no need to develop either the introduction or the conclusion. They are meant as markers for the structure. However, you may want to add your "hooks" to your outline. 

Main idea: 
There are three main ideas on the outline. These represent the body of the essay, which means everything except the introduction and conclusion. The main ideas are the building blocks or centerpieces of your paper. You will need to study your mind map to divide the paper into three logical parts. Each main idea must support your topic. The main ideas should be more specific than the topic but general enough to merit development. 

Details: 
For each of the main ideas, you add three details. Notice how the details support and develop the main idea. This is where your brainstorming and research come in handy. 

Conclusion: Like the introduction in the outline, the conclusion is meant as a marker.

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Thursday 5 July 2012

Problematizing Homosexuality


Qualities or characteristics of being a male or female, generally taken to engage more than an ability to play suitable roles in sexual or gender differences. These days, as much stress is placed on a single person’s understandings of and his/her reactions to ethnically and publicly derived gender disparities as on biological aspects in the growth of sexuality. Ever-increasing ‘broadmindedness’ towards homosexuality has resulted in a fundamental change of ethics and ways of our thinking.

Problematizing homosexuality is wary of engaging in fights over who belongs in the lesbian/gay/queer community and skeptical about the possibility of a criterion of belonging. The presence of such queerness may trouble the all male creatures (Ryan 237). But to confess it as an acceptable means of being would challenge the very culture of an ordered misdemeanor group. The culture of the mafia sternly polices the possibly raucous empires of gender and sexuality (Letzia 88). Its practices demand that men master, even bottle up their feelings, and not vent them. They have to subordinate their own individual requirements and needs to that of the communal, the mafia relatives. They should not be indecisive to wreak violence, including killings, if the leader deems it to be required. Setting up a marital relation is an additional obligatory standard of their manhood (Letzia 89).

As Judith Butler argues that these groups, a long way from being “expected,” are racially build through the recurrence of fashionable acts. Such acts, by being frequent in societies, create the form of an indispensable, ontological gender (Butler 140). The recurrence of such acts composes “performativity” of gender, and of sexuality. Performativity is equivalent of that we are formed through the behavioral patterns that shape our beings in traditional values with existing cultural principles (Butler 140). In our everyday lives, we reiterate and carry out our culture’s gender norms.

Friday 29 June 2012

How to Write A Research Proposal

For some research projects, you may need to submit a proposal early in the process of your writing a dissertation or thesis. How to write a research proposal is certainly your first question in mind. The proposal aims to show that the research is valid (makes good scholarly sense), to argue that research is valuable (will lead to significant knowledge), to communicate your enthusiasm for the project, and to demonstrate that your plan is workable within all constraints of the assignment – all in order to gain your instructor’s feedback and approval.

The guidelines for writing a research proposal will vary depending on its purpose. Note the parts modeled in the same proposal. You must understand the part of a research proposal.

Title Page: Most universities usually specify the format to be followed. Regardless of the format used, the title of the proposal should accurately reflect the contents and the scope of the suggested study.

Abstract: Most research proposals, with the possible exception of dissertation proposals, should provide a short summary or abstract of 200 words. The abstract should touch on every major component of the proposal except the budget, if there is one. Some readers read only the abstract and other rely on it for a quick overview of the proposal. So write your abstract with absolute care.

Table of Contents: A table of contents is not always deemed necessary, but it is useful for presenting an overview of the organization of the proposal. In addition to outlining the major components, it may provide list of illustrations, tables, appendices and so on.

Introduction: In a brief paragraph, state your research idea, explaining why the topic is important and worth researching. Provide any background information that the instructor may need.

Description: Discuss your proposed research topic by identifying the central issue or concern about the topic. Indicate the main question that you want to answer through your research. List secondary questions relate to the main question. Start a working thesis or hypothesis in response to the main question, and explain the research outcomes that you expect from the study.

Literature Review: This is in effect an expansion of the description presented. It cites and briefly reviews the related research studies conducted earlier. You should not include nonresearched reports and ‘opinion pieces’ unless they are too important or represent all described earlier.

Methodology: Explain how you plan to answer your questions, how you plan to research your topic. Include an explanation of your primary research (the ‘first-hand’ investigation), a description of research tools you plan to use (e.g., catalogs, reference works, lab equipment, survey software), and a working bibliography indicating your initial survey of resources.

Schedule: List deadlines that are part of the assignment and deadlines that you have set for yourself. It is often appropriate to provide a schedule for the various stages of your research.

Approval Request: Ask for feedback and approval from your instructor.

Friday 18 May 2012

The Art of Essay Writing

Essay writing is a journey. If you are returning to education after a break, have never written an essay before, are unfamiliar with the demands and expectations of the  higher education system or simply need a refresher, there are some sources you can turn to for help.  On the websites, there are many links to web pages giving you guidance on essay writing help.  Surfing the web will also lead to other sites giving help on essay writing.

In general terms, an essay should have an introduction, main body and conclusion. In the introduction, the main thrust of your argument and an outline of how you will answer the question should be included.  The main body should, in a systematic, structured, coherent, and logical way build your argument and makes your points, using examples or evidence supported by the literature.  You might, if appropriate, wish to consider obvious criticisms of your argument, and give sound reasons for dismissing them.

An analytical approach should be taken through out, and descriptions/narratives/historical overviews should be kept to the minimum and be focused on the question.  The conclusion should emerge from the arguments made throughout the essay, and new material or issues should not be introduced in the conclusion. 

Remember that word limits are important. One of the key skills essays are testing is the ability to make your arguments within specified word limits. Never turn your essays that are more than 10% below or above the specified word limit.

Focus on answering the question set, take time to plan and structure your essay, and be analytical (looking at why things happened or are the way they are, not telling us historical facts and stories).  If you have problems, contact your tutors for help. 

The first essay you submit is deliberately weighted at only 30% of the overall mark for the course.  You will find that when it is marked and returned, the tutor will comment on your essay writing technique, giving you time to act on those comments and improve your work for the second more substantial essay. Have a nice journey!