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Workshop Essay Writing

Workshop Essay Writing. UG handbook, Guidelines for assessed essays (online). Marking criteria for assessed essays University mark scale (both appendix 2) Essay feedback sheet Feedback arrangements (online). Research.

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Workshop Essay Writing

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  1. Workshop Essay Writing

  2. UG handbook, Guidelines for assessed essays (online) • Marking criteria for assessed essays • University mark scale (both appendix 2) • Essay feedback sheet • Feedback arrangements (online)

  3. Research • Consult secondary material (academic essays on your topic published in acceptable academic sources) • E.g. academic periodicals (which may be available online through library OPAC) • This excludesmost of what is on the Internet (e.g. Hausaufgaben.de, wikipedia) • Working exclusively with internet citations is not acceptable!

  4. German Dept Bibliographical Database • http://germanstudies.lib.warwick.ac.uk/

  5. General Points • Quote from original German text and correctly (film subtitles excepted) • Quote not just illustratively but analyse text • Argue a point (more than 1 sentence) • Conduct a conclusive argument (don’t sit on the fence) • Beware of summaries/ retelling the plot • Make sure your terminology is correct and appropriate • Don’t contradict yourself • Acknowledge your sources! • Proofread your essay! • Don’t collaborate with another student!

  6. Marks awarded for • Presentation (e.g. referencing, accuracy) • Structure and argument • Level of analysis • Mastery of terminology (where appliccable) • Research • Focus

  7. Marks deducted for • Faulty spelling • Faulty referencing • Faulty grammar • Non-acknowledgement of sources and plagiarism • Plagiarism may result in a zero mark • It is your responsibility to ensure that your essay is formally correct.

  8. Plagiarism (University Regulation 12) ‘An attempt to benefit oneself, or another by deceit or fraud. This shall include deliberately reproducing the work of another person or persons without acknowledgement. A significant amount of unacknowledged copying shall be deemed to constitute prima facie evidence of deliberation, and in such cases the burden of establishing otherwise shall rest with the candidate against whom the allegation is made.’

  9. What constitutes an act of plagiarism? • Unacknowledged lifting of text from a secondary source (copying) • Unacknowledged paraphrasing of secondary source (stealing ideas) • Collaboration with another student (copying someone else’s work) • See Dept and University guidelines (website)

  10. First Steps • Think about your question and its implications • Reread your text(s), see the film again (and again!) • Underline/ take notes/ make excerpts regarding the essay question • Do some research to help you clarify your ideas • Brainstorm • Organise your ideas into a logical and coherent argument (essay plan) • Discuss essay plan with tutorial tutor!

  11. Forms of Reference: Quote • Critic X suggests: ‘Das Brot der frühen Jahre is Böll’s most sustained critique of the early Wirtschatswunder period’.1 • 1. X, TheEarly Novels of Heinrich Böll, Cologne, 1972, p. 114.

  12. Forms of reference: Paraphrase • Citic X describes Bölls critique of the WIrtschaftswunder in Das Brot der frühen Jahre as flawed due to the love relationship that detracts from social and political issues.1 • 1. X,The Early Novels of Heinrich Böll, Cologne, 1972, p. 114. • Consult Guidelines for Assessed Essays and Examinations!

  13. References • Footnotes/Endnotes • Consecutively numbered at bottom of page/ end of essay • Consult Guidelines for Assessed Essays and Examinations • Bibliography • At end of essay • Lists all your sources in alphabetical order: • Primary: literary text, film • Secondary: journal articles, critical literature, internet sources. • Consult Guidelines for Assessed Essays and Examinations

  14. Internet references • must give: author’s name, title of page(s), name of site, location (url), type of publication, date of access • Academic Print Journals accessed online (e.g. through JSTOR) are not quoted with http url but with the hard copy reference (e.g. German Life and Letters, 2/1990, pp. 122-34)

  15. The Opening Paragraph • Thesis statement • Method & structure • Introduction: brief outline of argument, reflection of question or discussion of key concepts • See Mario Klarer, An Introduction to Literary Studies: ‘What, How and When?’

  16. The Argument • Every paragraph develops a self contained argument or aspect of overall topic • Connection between paragraphs (logic flow) • Transitions between paragraphs (style)

  17. Conclusion • No new arguments • Summative statement of findings

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