The majority of people, from all over the world; from as far afield as London, UK or Stamford CT (Connecticut), want to go to college for a degree. However many students are not expecting the work to be as difficult. Moreover many people need college essay assistance; from older students, professionals or online essay writing site.
Such websites must be bypassed, as it is an easy but dangerous option. Purchasing papers online is known as plagiarism, in other words, theft of someone else's work. You may get away with failing the essay if you are caught. But you are more likely to be kicked out and in extreme cases possibly arrested. Plagiarism is an intellectual minefield but most colleges have plagiarism software so you will get caught. Even copying and pasting some ideas that are not your own with no credit to the author, or trying to pass them off as your own work is plagiarism.
This does not mean that you cannot use the ideas of other scholars, experts, websites or even television shows. If you do use someone's ideas then you must reference them. Referencing can be the bane of any college student's life, but without referencing there is no way of verifying the ideas in the essay. There are different ways of referencing ideas: through direct quotes ("Caligula killed his mother"), or paraphrasing (It is said Caligula killed his mother). Whichever is used it must be followed by a reference, either in text or in the footnotes (author date: page). This may make the essay longer to write but it means other people can verify your facts.
So now we have got through the sticky issue of referencing, the key feature of any college essay is research. This can be the tedious bit as it is important to read a lot to write an essay; and to chase facts. If one book gives one fact you can follow the reference to see if the original author wrote anything different or expanded on an idea, and so on. Sometimes you may disagree with the interpretation an author has made of some facts, or a translation, and this could be the main argument in your essay. Why you disagree with the normal views, for example.
Perhaps you do not agree with a well-known argument, or side with one argument in an academic debate. It is important to explain the reasons why you disagree. You need to demonstrate the known evidence in support of your opinion or evidence disproving other arguments. Avoid sweeping generalisations (all women are bad drivers)unless you can prove it to be true, and be able to reference it.
Arguing your opinions well is what makes an A* grade essay. But this is reliant on answering the question posed at the beginning of the essay. It may seem obvious but many people have failed an essay for failing to answer the question.
Once you have completed the college essay; with an introduction, argument and conclusion, and all quotes and ideas referenced to the original author it is time to form the bibliography. This should be all the books, articles and websites that have been referenced in the text. NOT all the books, articles and websites that you have read to produce the essay. You will need to check the school guidelines for the system required for bibliography and referencing.
You now have enough time to proof read your essay before you hand it in on time. Don't lose marks with poor spelling and typos.
Such websites must be bypassed, as it is an easy but dangerous option. Purchasing papers online is known as plagiarism, in other words, theft of someone else's work. You may get away with failing the essay if you are caught. But you are more likely to be kicked out and in extreme cases possibly arrested. Plagiarism is an intellectual minefield but most colleges have plagiarism software so you will get caught. Even copying and pasting some ideas that are not your own with no credit to the author, or trying to pass them off as your own work is plagiarism.
This does not mean that you cannot use the ideas of other scholars, experts, websites or even television shows. If you do use someone's ideas then you must reference them. Referencing can be the bane of any college student's life, but without referencing there is no way of verifying the ideas in the essay. There are different ways of referencing ideas: through direct quotes ("Caligula killed his mother"), or paraphrasing (It is said Caligula killed his mother). Whichever is used it must be followed by a reference, either in text or in the footnotes (author date: page). This may make the essay longer to write but it means other people can verify your facts.
So now we have got through the sticky issue of referencing, the key feature of any college essay is research. This can be the tedious bit as it is important to read a lot to write an essay; and to chase facts. If one book gives one fact you can follow the reference to see if the original author wrote anything different or expanded on an idea, and so on. Sometimes you may disagree with the interpretation an author has made of some facts, or a translation, and this could be the main argument in your essay. Why you disagree with the normal views, for example.
Perhaps you do not agree with a well-known argument, or side with one argument in an academic debate. It is important to explain the reasons why you disagree. You need to demonstrate the known evidence in support of your opinion or evidence disproving other arguments. Avoid sweeping generalisations (all women are bad drivers)unless you can prove it to be true, and be able to reference it.
Arguing your opinions well is what makes an A* grade essay. But this is reliant on answering the question posed at the beginning of the essay. It may seem obvious but many people have failed an essay for failing to answer the question.
Once you have completed the college essay; with an introduction, argument and conclusion, and all quotes and ideas referenced to the original author it is time to form the bibliography. This should be all the books, articles and websites that have been referenced in the text. NOT all the books, articles and websites that you have read to produce the essay. You will need to check the school guidelines for the system required for bibliography and referencing.
You now have enough time to proof read your essay before you hand it in on time. Don't lose marks with poor spelling and typos.
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