Writing Essays and Assignments

Hopefully this course has shown you:
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• why essays are an important part of your courses,
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• how planning helps you to focus your essay and achieve better grades,
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• how to easily structure and clearly layout an essay,
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• what to use to help draft, review and proofread your work before handing it in, and
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• how to actively use feedback to continue to improve your essay and assignment writing.

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You should now be able to face your next essay or assignment with a positive plan of action and a confident sense that you can do really well. Gone are the days of the blank-page-panic at 2am in the morning on the day your essay is due in! Now you can rush home the minute you're set a question and get started, using all the tips and skills you've learnt, safe in the knowledge you'll be finished with your first draft by teatime... Probably...

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Review Quiz

Now that you've worked through this course, complete the Review Quiz below. 

Well done for finishing the course - enjoy your future essay writing...!

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ANSWERS

In case you were interested, some suggested answers to the example introductions and conclusions worksheets you completed earlier can be found here (but please don't cheat!):

Introductions examples

Conclusions examples

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Further suggested reading and support:

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If you would like to continue learning about assignment writing, take a look at The Open University's Preparing Assignments study booklet, which includes sections on oral assignments, short-answer assignments, writing paragrphs, linking words, paraphrasing, quoting and referencing, and improving your written English.