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Essays
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An analysis of an argument
This overview explains the language techniques used by, Dawson, the author to persuade the reader of her position
Analyse the task
A learning task to help you to carefully read and analyse the essay topic and identify the key words
Analysing an argument: key steps
This page will take you through the key steps of analysing an argument. What do we need to look for when we start reading for an assignment?
Assignment slammer
This short tutorial walks you through the process of preparing, planning and writing an assignment.
Be coherent
Body
Using the TEEL strategy for writing paragraphs in the body of an essay.
Coherence
Overall coherence occurs at the essay level, as well as the paragraph and sentence level. Your response to the assessment task should read as a continuous, connected piece of writing.
Cohesion
How to write a cohesive paragraph with example text and learning activities
Conclusion
Writing a conclusion in your academic essay
Conclusion
The conclusion is your final opportunity to persuade the reader of your position based on the information you have presented. An effective conclusion establishes a sense of completeness.
Critical essay: Communication design
This resource will help you critically discuss key historical, technological and theoretical developments in communication design, and their relationships to contemporary communication design.
Critical essay: Landscape architecture
This resource provides a guide for writing a critical essay in landscape architecture.
Critical writing
Resources and tutorials to help you with a range of critical writing skills in design
Essays
Resources and tutorials that explain how to write an academic essay with an overview of essay structure, style and writing process
Essays, Reports, Reflective Writing
Evaluate information sources using CRAAP
How to apply the CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose) test to your sources.
Examples
Example of an integrated reference in academic writing
Framework, research and project
The diagram on this page shows the relationships between the framework, the research and the project. All of these help you to develop your argument and inform your essay.
Get started
This tutorial covers how to get started with your research. It begins with an overview of the information search process, then focuses on how to understand your assignment task, and finally, how to...
How to create a mind map
Examples of brainstorm and mind map thinking processes used in study and work situations