hey guys im new here on assay forum hope ill have much fun and gain valuable academic writing skills.
I'm currently struggling on how to start my current assay,in fact its just that i cant come up with a good introduction. this has been my weak point for along time. well the question for my assignment is "what do we have to know about paraphrasing?,why do we reference and what is the function of the bibliography?" so i basically have to answer those 3 questions in an assay form. i would really appreciate your help and probably give some examples if you can
Your questions were.. "what do we have to know about paraphrasing?,why do we reference and what is the function of the bibliography?"
First off, Paraphrasing is basically taking something someone else has said and putting it in your own words; doing this can help you better understand a text and its meaning and it contains the urge to quote too much. We reference simply to avoid plagarism and to acknowledge your sources (giving credit to whom credit is do). The function of a bibliography is a list your resources that you used in your work.
A bibliography usually contains info such as:
1 Source's name
2 Date of publication or interview
3 Name of publication or resource
4 Place of publication or interview
This is an example:
Lisa, Donald M. (editor). 2010. How reading changed my life. Houston, TX: International Reading Association.
HI i want to see if i can help here.
If you cannot start an introduction, then what you do is write the entire body of work first and then come back later to write the introduction sometimes, writing the entire essay first with the introduction gives u an idea on how to write the introduction, It is pretty much like reverse engineering. The introduction takes the reader from a general idea to a specific idea or sometimes the introduction takes the reader from a familiar subject to an unfamiliar subject. So for the case of your assignment for example, you may want to start with the general and then descend onto the subject of paraphrasing. for example. i might start with something like this:
Who Am i to be intelligent, knowledgeable, or an expert? The truth is that I'm nobody but at the same time I am somebody. Since one's self worth is not always the best and there could always be someone out there who knows better and is more knowledgeable, Sometimes it is wise to do the self effacing act of paraphrasing someone else's work as a mean to validate ours.
as you can see i went from the general and then descended on the idea of paraphrasing. the general is always a little related to the mean idea of paraphrasing but it cacthes the readers attention and makes the reader wonder what exactly we are trying to say. By the time the reader figure it out, he or she is already on the main subject. After the general, and the specific, you then outline the work you will be doing as the last part opf the introduction. so an introduction really contains three parts ( the general, the descend into specific or also called thesis statement sometimes and then the third part (which i did not put in my sample introduction) is the outline of what you will be doing in the body of the essay.
I hope i was helpful
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mystifier
Blaqnsassy thanx very much now ill just have to add what yoou have just said to some few idears that i have gatherd and again thank u very much.
mystifier, maaaaan, you are realy good i havent ever thought of generating an introduction through by strating with the body,first it sounded odd but wen i Tried it thing just became so easy for me,i think now that will be using this method when im writing my introductions..thanx a million times.
You said you can't even write the introduction. Well, my tutor said write the introduction LAST. The intro should explain your argument i.e. your point of view for the essay. When you start the essay you haven't done all your research yet. It's not until you finish the essay that you know what your main point is!
I know it sounds back to front, but truly - try it.
Write the intro last!
write the introduction LAST.
Great advice, Kate! That's also why I don't really like it when kids have to start with an outline and stick to it. It is fine to use an outline, but the writer has to be able to change it while working on the project.
write the entire body of work first and then come back later to write the introduction sometimes
Yep, this is an important concept we are discussing here. I'll link people to this thread so they can learn from it:
