How does Susan Hill present the Woman in Black as a character of mystery and fear? Having close marked a selection of your essays, please note the following general comments: • Essays, however short, must have a convincing introduction which addresses the question and a conclusion to summarise the points made. • A lack of planning leads to repetition and rambling. • There is a need to vary vocabulary to avoid overuse of phrases such as: ‘creates and image in the reader’s mind’, ‘another way Hill creates mystery and fear is…’ Consider using a wide range of connectives/discourse markers. • Quotes need to be embedded into sentences rather than used at the beginning or at the end or sentences.
A C essay shows only that you read but still need to work more on the ideas. Any essay of lower quality than the quality mentioned above will receive a D. Again, this essay will be graded on the quality of your ideas as well as the correct presentation of them. Please, notice that this assignment is not a report, but a philosophical essay, which imply that you should have a valid position on the issue and that you are able to argue in favor of it. If by the time you need to write this essay you are still not clear on how to write a philosophy paper, please ask me or consult Jim Prior’s Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper. The required length of the essays is 1000 – 1200 words written in double space.
Read the introduction with particular care, because this is often where scholars present their theses, set forth the questions they want to answer, and outline the structure of their argument. Try to sum up the author’s argument in a sentence or two. Think about the strengths and weaknesses of the argument as you read the book. What is the most persuasive and least persuasive aspects of the author’s argument? Evaluate the evidence.
You may elect to print out your article and do a first reading that uses strategies such as underlining, annotation, summarizing, and exploratory writing to make sure you understand the basic arguments. Go back to any sections that need clarification. On a second reading, start to pay attention to what Gawande is doing. You may want to outline the writing and describe the writer’s strategy. Notice how Gawande uses facts and personal experience (in most texts) to support claims, as well as other types of evidence.
Suggestions for alternative transitional devices: While I only know the basics of nursing, what I do know only drew me in to this career. Citations List the texts, source, and/or reference material used in the essay here: How does the author use source material in his/her paper? Make two (2) specific suggestions here about how to use source material better early in the essay: (1) She lists the various articles and magazines that she will use to learn more about nursing but she doesn’t actually directly reference any of the information from those articles or magazines, and just based off the titles I can’t tell if they have any reference to her main point about learning about and avoiding lawsuits. (2) Reference an article that pertains to the point your trying to make, give an example from the article not just tell us one
Tackle the questions that you can answer immediately first. Where lists are asked for and you have a mnemonic on the tip of your tongue, write the mnemonic down and come back and fill in the gaps later. If you cannot answer it instantly move on. Having answered those that you can deal with in an instant go back to the beginning and tackle those questions that take a little thought but don’t linger too long. If you find that you are getting bogged down because you can’t remember the answer move on.
Read the text once for a general understanding of what the writer is saying. 2. Read the text again, this time more slowly, making sure to summarize and ask questions in the margins, and to look up any words you are not sure of. 3. Determine where the text appears.
With both these goals, we need to find out what their needs are and address them right away. We need to understand their attitude towards the topic, by looking into their background. Knowing the purpose of our writing will allow us to take the reader on a journey to a greater understanding. Otherwise we are truly writing for ourselves hoping we can get the attention of someone when we just have us in mind. Bibliography Flower, Linda “Writing for an Audience”.
♦ Look up the unfamiliar words, and then carefully and slowly read the article again. This time look for the ideas the author uses to support the main point. ♦ Summarize the article in your own words,
Reid thinks the main purpose for writing is writing for real life. Write what you know and are curious and passionate about so that you can show not just tell. She believes that those rules are not universally true. When situation changes, suppose we are writing for a newspaper, rules are not appropriate under such situations. And although writing is hard because there are thousands of rules to follow, we are encouraged to set aside those so-called rules, write rhetorically, make a breakthrough and try something new.