Dos and don't of essay writing: how to guide to get the perfect essay
Dos
● Always read the question to ensure you fully understand before writing and don't be
afraid to ask for help from students or lecturers.
● Always make a plan even if you don't feel like it would make much of a difference.
● Use the point, evidence and explanation when writing it does help more than you think.
● Try and use the feedback from past essays and assignments.
● When writing make sure it is of academic standards such as the sentences are well
structured and the maker would be able to understand what you are writing.
● Ensure that your references are well structured depending on what references style the
university uses because it does make a difference to your grade.
● Always check your work for similarity because it does affect your grade and even of the
similarity is low go through the work to ensure that there no concentrated area of
highlighted text in your work.
● Finally there are a number of tools that are available to students to help improve their
writing such as grammarly, word-tune etc.
Don't
● Don't write as if you were writing to a parent or a friend, always know your audience to
ensure you are writing at an academic level.
● Don't leave your essays or assignments to the last minute. It sounds obvious but it
happens more times than you. Make sure to leave plenty of time before the submission
date so you're able to give full attention to the essays/assignments.
Dos
● Always read the question to ensure you fully understand before writing and don't be
afraid to ask for help from students or lecturers.
● Always make a plan even if you don't feel like it would make much of a difference.
● Use the point, evidence and explanation when writing it does help more than you think.
● Try and use the feedback from past essays and assignments.
● When writing make sure it is of academic standards such as the sentences are well
structured and the maker would be able to understand what you are writing.
● Ensure that your references are well structured depending on what references style the
university uses because it does make a difference to your grade.
● Always check your work for similarity because it does affect your grade and even of the
similarity is low go through the work to ensure that there no concentrated area of
highlighted text in your work.
● Finally there are a number of tools that are available to students to help improve their
writing such as grammarly, word-tune etc.
Don't
● Don't write as if you were writing to a parent or a friend, always know your audience to
ensure you are writing at an academic level.
● Don't leave your essays or assignments to the last minute. It sounds obvious but it
happens more times than you. Make sure to leave plenty of time before the submission
date so you're able to give full attention to the essays/assignments.
