Requirements: Academic Essay<\/p>\n
– – – – – – – – <\/p>\n Secondary Criticism<\/p>\n – – – – – – – – You should only have ONE footnote per sentence, Requirements: Academic Essay – Be clear about your intentions in the opening paragraph. Do not dwell at length on biographical details unless these are directly relevant to your argument. – Your introduction should make clear the focus of your essay and its parameters (for example which texts, and which artists\/authors if multiple; and which themes\/issues\/concepts). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[14],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/19859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/19859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=19859"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=19859"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=19859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Be clear about your
\nintentions in the opening paragraph. Do not dwell at length on biographical
\ndetails unless these are directly relevant to your argument.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Your introduction should
\nmake clear the focus of your essay and its parameters (for example which texts,
\nand which artists\/authors if multiple; and which themes\/issues\/concepts).<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The intro should get us
\nstraight to the purpose of the essay. However, avoid merely describing what you
\nare going to do – use the introduction to launch the argument and analysis.
\nTell us what you are going to do, how you plan to do it and why it is significant.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Avoid generalisations (i.e.
\n\u2018Postmodernists thought \u2026\u2019 [which Postmoderinsts, and did they think of
\nthemselves as Postmodernists?]; \u2018Late-twentieth-century society\u2019 [which parts
\nof society? Who exactly?] etc.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Make sure that there is a
\nlogical progression to the points you make in the essay. <\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Be careful to strike a
\nbalance between contextual and\/or theoretical discussion and close analysis.
\nAlways support your observations about a text using textual evidence.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Never simply gloss over or
\nignore a lengthy quotation from a primary text. Contextualise it and offer
\ndetailed analysis.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Avoid opening or closing a
\nparagraph with a quotation.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Do not simply assimilate a
\ncritic\u2019s ideas. <\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Avoid paraphrasing a
\ncritic\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span>Always directly engage with a critic\u2019s point
\n(i.e. state areas of agreement or dissent) or else show how you are applying
\nhis\/her observation\/s in your own interpretation of a specific text or excerpt.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Avoid relying too much on
\none critic\u2019s ideas.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Make sure that all
\nfootnotes and bibliography entries are consistent with the MHRA format<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Use single inverted commas
\nfor the titles of individual songs, essays and short stories, but italicise the
\ntitles of book publications, movies and albums.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Footnote superscripts
\nshould always be positioned AFTER the punctuation, not before it (i.e. end.3
\nNOT end3.)<\/p>\n
\nno matter how many quotations you cite. Simply give the reference details in
\nthe order quoted, separated by semi-colons<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"