How to Write Better Essays

282 Index

selective use of, seethesis

statements

showing rather than telling,

230–1, 264–5

too much of, 230–1, 264–5

types, 226–8

see alsoreaders

examinations

assessing abilities, 56–65, 192–5

avoiding panic, 166–70

examination technique, 160–5,

168–70

revision for, 1–2, 66–7, 95, 101–7,

122–3, 160–8

examiners, 144

see alsomarks

fallacies, 84–5, 110, 114, 179

flexibility, 51–5, 67, 78–80, 94, 106,

118

fluency, 117, 160–1, 176–7, 187–8,

222–4, 255–6, 258–60, 262–3,

274–5

reading aloud, 262–3, 274–5

see alsoordering ideas; topic

sentences; transitions

ideas

helping them develop, 2–3, 54–5,

279

using your own, 7, 22–3, 31,

42–55, 108–9, 118–23, 258–60,

278

see alsocreativity; pattern notes;

thinking skills

imagination, 53, 177–8

see alsobrainstorming

index card system, 122–3, 152,

246–7

instructional verbs, 56–60

interpretation of questions, see

questions

introductions, 143–4, 176–86, 263

essay structure, 183–5, 263

interpretation of the question,

182–3

simple formula, 182, 185–6

irrelevance,seerelevance

jargon, 211–12

see alsoclichés; words; writing

journal, 121–2, 279

learning

active, 83–4, 125–6, 162–3, 238

importance of needs, 69, 162

passive, 61–2, 66–8, 83, 108–10,

192–4

processing, 83–95, 132–8; deep

level, 76, 83–4, 125–9; surface

level, 76, 83, 109–10, 118,

127–8, 162, 193–4

linear notes, 52–3, 94–100

advantages of, 145–50

examples of, 90–2, 96–9, 146–9,

153–6, 191–2

logical indicators

effective use of, 208, 222–4, 264

losing the reader, 207–8, 189–91

marks

earning the highest, 14, 39, 42,

169, 184, 226–7

memory

improving, 83, 85–6, 96, 99,

101–7, 125–8, 160–70

trusting, 103–4

see alsolearning – active

mind

helping it self-organise, 85–6, 92,

104, 119–22, 127–8, 133–5,

161–3, 258–60

mnemonics, 164–5

needs,seelearning

notebook, 54–5, 121, 222, 279

notes

abbreviations, 102–3

the appropriate strategy, 94–5

clear structures, 66–7, 76, 85,

94–100, 193

consolidating, 106

of criticism and evaluation,

108–17

knowing what to leave out, 7, 55,

66–7, 101–4

recalling them, 76, 94–109

record of your own thinking, 76,

103–4

verbatim, 66–7, 108–9

see alsolinear notes; pattern

notes

opinion

and conclusions, 197–8

HTW(Index) 7/27/01 8:55 AM Page 282