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Essay Writing Basics

Essay Writing Basics. A few things you need to know…. Text . Zemach, Dorothy & Lisa Rumisek. Academic Writing: From Paragraph to Essay. Oxford: Macmillan, 2005. ISBN 1-4050-8606-8. The Written Test. The Written Test will take place in the last week of semester.

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Essay Writing Basics

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  1. Essay Writing Basics A few things you need to know…

  2. Text • Zemach, Dorothy & Lisa Rumisek. Academic Writing: From Paragraph to Essay. Oxford: Macmillan, 2005. • ISBN 1-4050-8606-8

  3. The Written Test • The Written Test will take place in the last week of semester. • You may bring an English dictionary. You must also bring paper and pens • An Argumentative Essay. You will be given a text and a topic, and asked to write for or against it. (Everyone) • BA Applied students do not need to take the exam. Journalists do, however (4CP).

  4. Fundamentals • All assignments must be typed and submitted to timothy-robbins@uiowa.edu • Email it as an attachment in Microsoft Word format (*.docx or *.doc). • Before you begin typing, set the language to English. • Make sure that you run a spell-check and proofread your work.

  5. Proofreading • There, they’re, their • You’re, your • It’s, its • Loose, lose; proof, prove • Belief, believe • Spend, spent (send, sent; extend, extent) • Who’s, whose • Heroin/Heroine • Whether, weather • Bear, beer • Plaque, Plague

  6. Format (General) • All work should be double- or line-and-a-half spaced (Zeilenabstand). • Each new paragraph should be indented from the left hand margin by one tab stop. Alternately, you may leave a blank line. Don’t do both. • Ensurethatyournameappears on everypage.

  7. Format (Specific) For this course: • All work must be double-spaced. • Leave a margin (5cm) on the left. • State the number of words used.

  8. Punctuation You must use proper English punctuation. No excuses. Here are a few common pitfalls: • This ´ is not an apostrophe. This ’ is. • „These“ are not inverted commas, “these” are. • The apostrophe can be located quite simply by pressing shift+#

  9. Word-processing You don’t have to be a touch-typist (although you’ll save a lot of time over the course of your academic career if you are), but you will need to become proficient in the use of a word-processor. This means learning to make it work for you.

  10. Style Keep the following points in mind when writing a formal essay. • Don’t use contractions! • Do not use exclamation marks! • Limit the use of the first person. Phrases such as “I think” or “in my opinion” are redundant. • Don’t use “etc.” or “and so on,” as substitutes for your examples. If you’ve got something to say, say it. • Avoid addressing the reader as “you.”

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