It is often remarked in academic circles that the key to successful writing is the right selection of essay topic. Therefore it is important that you give proper consideration to the selection of topic. Your topic should provide you with an opportunity to express your thoughts well and furthermore, your subject should be something that you can relate to, so that you can discuss it well and also engage the interest of your readers.
You should ask yourself the following questions when choosing essay topics:
- Does the subject have relevance to you personally? Can you embellish and add depth to your essay by using personal experiences?
- Is the subject you have chosen already written about? If you are simply going to repeat information discussed threadbare, you need to pick a new subject.
- Does your essay topic give you scope to add fresh material that is interesting to read? If you can not embellish our topic with readable and unique material, you need to hunt for more subjects. Read the rest of this entry »
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Critical essay begins with the analysis of the reading which includes a summary of the author’s point of view and an evaluation of the author’s work. The former is comprised of the following points: a brief statement of the main idea, an outline of the important facts used by the author to support the main idea, a summary of the author’s implied values, and a presentation of the author’s suggestions for action or conclusions. The evaluation of the author’s work consists of an assessment of the facts indicated on the basis of relevance and correctness, an evaluation of judgment of logical consistency of the argument, and an appraisal of the author’s values.
While working on your paper consider the following:
- paper is informative which means it emphasizes the work studied rather than opinions and feelings of the writer;
- criticism doesn’t imply you have to attack the author or his work, it means you should assess his written work be it book, article, etc;
- paper must employ an objective and serious tone;
- be specific concerning the points you’re making about the play, novel or poem;
- support your claim with evidence. Read the rest of this entry »