Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 21 views

    Test Your Progress: Describing A Process: Writing An Essay

    Uploaded by

    Luxubu Hehe

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Test Your Progress: Describing A Process: Writing An Essay

    Uploaded by

    Luxubu Hehe
    21 views2 pages

    Original Title

    Aca Testprogress

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    21 views2 pages

    Test Your Progress: Describing A Process: Writing An Essay

    Uploaded by

    Luxubu Hehe

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    Test Your

    Progress

    Describing a process: writing an essay

    This exercise is designed to allow students to assess their progress in academic writing.

    䊏 Study the flow chart below, which explains the process of writing an essay. Then
    complete the description of the process by adding one suitable word to each gap in
    the text opposite.

    START HERE

    Understand title Brainstorm topic and Evaluate possible


    and prepare make draft outline. sources and select
    schedule of work. most relevant.

    Make notes on key


    Write first draft of Write first draft of main
    points using
    introduction and body from notes.
    paraphrasing and
    conclusion. Avoid any plagiarism.
    summarising.

    Finalise list of
    Re-read first draft
    references, appendices Proofread entire text
    and revise where
    and other additional and hand in on time.
    necessary.
    items.
    Test Your Progress 235

    The first (a) _______________ of essay writing is to read and understand

    (b) _______________ title, and then to prepare a schedule of work

    (c) _______________ the available time. (d) _______________ the topic should

    be brainstormed (e) _______________ a draft outline prepared. Next, possible

    sources have to be evaluated (f) _______________ and the most relevant selected,

    after (g) _______________ you can start making notes, using paraphrasing and

    summarising (h) _______________. When you have collected enough material to

    (i) _______________ the question, the first draft of the main body can

    (j) _______________ written from the notes, (k) _______________ care to avoid any

    plagiarism. Subsequently, (l) _______________ can write the first draft of the

    introduction and conclusion, (m) _______________ that a logical approach to the

    title is developed. (n) _______________ this the whole draft must be critically reread

    and revised for (o) _______________ clarity and accuracy. The penultimate stage is

    (p) _______________ prepare a final list of references, appendices and other items

    such as (q) _______________. Finally, the whole text (r) _______________ be

    thoroughly proofread before handing in the assignment on time.

    You might also like