Essay常见错误示例
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交之前去Grammarly修改一下语法错误;
中文文献直接加，上无关英文文献intext citations;
机翻的句子痕迹明显，全篇中文直译教授根本读不明白;
运气好的话勉强及格，运气差的下场就是超低分fail,甚至被老师约meeting;
起码找人修改润色一下单词和语法，让整篇essay没有那么明显的中式英语，薯宝们遇到这种情况千万不要直接机翻就交上去!
分数低的一些原因
too descriptive, no critical analysis
written in long paragraphs and sentences
full of ambiguity and redundancy
以上三点究其原因就是没有适配的结构框架，很影响分数的一点，下面详细说这点
判断essay的类型
常见的essay类型有三种:
Argumentative essay: 以阐述观点、论证观点为主
Descriptive essay: 以描述说明为主
Reflective essay:以总结经验、或是观后感类的为主
写作之前要清楚自己的essay应该是什么类型，描写的目的是什么，确定essay走的方向是对的
Essay各结构详解
Introduction:占10%，分数占比高、影响大。
Introduction形式多样，可格式都大同小异! ! !
Show that you have understood the title… .
State your objectives in the essay …
Outline which aspects of the subject ….
Introduction高分结构:
Background: Studies over the past two decades have provided important information on …
Definition of key term(s): While a variety of definitions of the term X have been suggested, this paper will use the definition first suggested by Smith (1968) who saw it as ..
lmportance of topic: In the history of development economics, X has been thought of as a key factor in ..
Highlighting inadequacies of previous studies: Although extensive research has been carried out on X, no single
study exists which …
Brief mention of your methodology: A combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches was used in the data
analysis.
Indicating significance: The present research explores,for the first time, the effects of ..owvever due to practical constraints, this paper cannot provide a comprehensive review of…. .
tatement: The main issues addressed in this paper are: a)，b) and c)
Outlining thestructure: This paper first gives a brief overview of the recent history of X. The third chapter is concerned with the methodology used for this study.
The fourth section presents the findingsof the research,focusing on the three key themes that ..
Main Body:部分占80%，展现critical analysis些写作步骤:
Summarise the literature(大概一两行就行)
Compare it to other literature in this field
Comment on the strengths and weakness of the literature
Main body:主题句+例子+分析+结尾句
主旨句，Topic sentence为了和前面衔接顺畅，用despite开头会更容易接受，比如:
Despite the focus on .. it appears that .. while …
举例说明，Supporting evidence:
Somebody suggests/argues (author, year)…
申明立场or对比引用申明立场，比如So what kind of…..那么第二段的这个地方就用In addition开头来和前面呼应。
第三段用Therefore来和前面两段呼应。
对比引用:可以是之前研究的不足，或者之前不同观点的矛盾之处等等。
Concluding sentence: 一句话总结观点并且和上下呼应，千人千法，没有统一格式,根据内容总结即可
conclusion:同样占10%，150个字
切切实实回答title的问题，不要把intro再复述一遍。
Thesis statement陈述一遍
概况你Main Body中主要的论点(换种说法，不能照抄)
提出一些建议,该如何improve现状之类
Conclusion大体框架:
概括body内容
Summary ofthe main themes: From the review of the current literature, it can be seen that….
指出前面研究的不足gap: While much of the previous literature has focussed on….，there have been few studies which examin….
承上启下，引出观点Link gap to writer’s own research: Thus there is scope for further research which…
简要概括观点summary of writer’s own research: Therefore, this study aims to… .
明白“游戏”规则
写essay之前，通读criteria;这就相当于一个固定的公式，按照公式去做!
留出时间修改
初稿内容一般时没有第二稿好，写完之后可以让同学、老师给一些建议;很多时候别人给出的建议会比自己优化效果好，毕竟旁观者清嘛!
写作期间的小想法记下来
文思如泉涌，essay写作灵感太重要了;当有灵感的时候，几个小时就能出稿;相反如果没有灵感，坐在桌子面前整天也写不出来;当有一些小灵感的时候，一定一定记下来，赶due用得着!
学会文献整合:
整理想法一般会从文献下手，不同的文献有不同的观点;这时候要想好分类，尽量在此之前有自己初始观点，这样才能做好取舍，哪些能用哪些不能用..如果没有观点就去看文献，很容易被这些观点影响而左右摇摆，耽误时间!
