Post Modernism Lecture Notes - week 10

Essay

• Hand in: Friday 9th December 12.30 - 2.30 pm Faculty Office - Ground Floor
• Plagiarism Form to include: Turnitin ID num
• Upload Essay on Turnitin
• 2000 words - 10% over or under word count, better to be over
• Chose something that you can use, doesn't have to be in your field
• make references to key ideas
• If Film, then home in on something particular in the film e.g scene, character, costume, etc
• Developed ability to engage in research sources beyond the lecture series
• Ability to clarify academic ideas - quotes in italics, Film title in capitals, etc
• Idependent Learning - branching off own idea

Research for Essay Writing

• Find information in response to brief
• Key terms and understanding
• Introduce, discuss and draw conclusions from evidence/ information in essay

Secondary Research - Hierachy

• Books
• Articles
• Government Papers
• Statistics
• If websites go for Accountable sites e.g. Museum, galleries, government funded

Primary Research

• Questionnaires, interviews, first hand accounts
• DO Secondary first to know what to plug in

Structure

• Introduction - What, Why and How - 10% of word count (200 words)
• Essay/main body - Explanations, Analysis and Discussion - 80% (1600 words)
• Conclusion - Key Findings and Fianl Judgements (NOT A LIST) - 10% (200 words)
• 8 or 9 paragraphs in total - Essay Scope
• Lead on from one to the other
• Look at what they are going to focus on
• Note one line, quote, image used - Plan!

Introduction

• Explain Essay, but don't start discussions of points
• Don't worry about research methods
• bried order of points and why evidence is useful

Main Body

• Paragraphs - deal with one tiny point
• make sure last line leads to next focus
• introduce all evidence properly
• discuss every separate point indepth - DON'T COVER IT ALL
• Each Para - 1 point/ step
• 5 - 10 sentences no less than 5
• space between paragraphs
• link each so they lead on forward

Quotation and Paragraph Structure - (PRINT OFF)

• Keep to one focus and one point don't introduce multiple ideas in one para
• introduce quote - who is saying it
• Choose strong quotes to discuss not ones that explain it for themselves
• Parapharase only when tense doesn't fit or when different authors are involved
• No quotation marks for Parapharase and in past tense e.g. He Stated

Conclusion

• Dont introduce anything new
• Highlight Key findings
• Form a judgement and Emphasis main points
• Don't use first Person (Throughout)
• Objective Academic Writing - conversion of 1st to 3rd person (Print Off)
• Don't Narrate - Drowning Person's Cry for Help = No Content, Don't Do
• Don't write a list

Overall

• Open Introduction with " This assignment investigates Post modernity through discussion of ..."
• Turn off 75% of Post Modernity ideas
• Plagiarism is stealing! be careful not to fall into the trap of not referencing properly etc that could also lead to this
• References always have brackets
• Follow Harvard Referencing through out

Referencing Images

• Figure Num + Title in italics
• on referencing site - 3rd bullet point refers to specific sources

Final Points

• Text = Arial, size 12, black clear font and should be 1.5 gap or double lined space
• Essay should be bound or stapled
• For correct referencing go to:
• www.ucreative.ac.uk/referencing
• For study guides on Essay writing and Note Taking go to:
• www.ucreative.ac.uk/studyadvice