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Essential information needed in an academic essay - Coggle Diagram
Essential information needed in an academic essay
INTRODUCTION
General statement
of the essay topic
Background from
the literature
sentences to link the background into the essay
ARGUMENT STATEMENT
Comprehensive
position
USE OF THE
LITERATURE
Quotation with
citation
Paraphrase with
citation
MAKING STRONG ARGUMENT (SHOWING DISAGREEMENT)
if studies disagree, present the idea that incorrect first
reasons to why the ideas are incorrect
then, present the idea that correct
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
topic sentence
background sentence
introductory sentence
paraphrased claim from the literature, with citations at least 3
own sentence to elaborate link
PARAGRAPH COHESION
linking topic sentence
cohesive device
linking ideas
referring to the same thing (HE)
labelling technique (this)
same point of view
CRITICAL THINKING
Evaluation of claims
academic evidence
evaluating the amount of support for the evidence
Conclusion
link to the background ( highlighting the importance of the topic)
REFERENCE LIST
list alphabetically using the family name of the first author
use a hanging indent paragraph style for reference list items
use all authors names in the order as in publication
when an article has a DOI, use it
when an article does not have a DOI, use URL from journal @ relevant database