GettingStarted:EssayWritingOutline(1)TheUniversityofMelbourne>TheUniversityofMelbourne>•PlanningandOrganisingWrittenWork–Gettingprepared–ThinkingaboutthequestionMarkEggins–WritingyourownquestionTeachingandLearningUnit–Thesisstatements<meggins@unimelb.edu.au>–Readingcriticallyandefficiently12/08/2011DrMartinDavies2Outline(2)WritingasacraftTheUniversityofMelbourne>TheUniversityofMelbourne>•Thestructureofessaywriting•Essaywritingishardwork–draftandthendraftagain!–The“funnel”essayformat•Alwaysallowplentyoftime(atleast4weeks):–Introduction,BodyandConclusion1)researchanddraftstage–Criticallanguagetouse2)redraftandrevise–KindsofEssays3)“layaside”period–Theimportanceofreferencing4)editandproofread12/08/2011DrMartinDavies312/08/2011DrMartinDavies41PlanningandOrganisationTheEssayQuestion(1)TheUniversityofMelbourne>TheUniversityofMelbourne>Planningiscriticaltodoagoodjob.Itinvolves:Anyquestioncanbebrokendownintothreeparts:•Lookingatthetasktoseewhatyouhavetodo•CONTENT•Formulatingyourownquestionstohelpyouread•DIRECTIONselectivelyonthetopic•LIMITS•Developinganoutlineorframeworktoplanyourwriting12/08/2011DrMartinDavies512/08/2011DrMartinDavies6TheEssayQuestion(1)TheEssayQuestion(2)TheUniversityofMelbourne>TheUniversityofMelbourne>Anyquestionhasthreeparts:Oncethesepartshavebeenidentifiedyourpurpose•Theterminologydefiningthemaintopic(thenouns)=shouldbecomeclearer.Lookatthekeywords:CONTENT•Instructions(verbs)whichindicatewhatyouarebeing•Whatrelationshipsareimplied?askedtodo=DIRECTIONwords•Whatproblemsdotheypresent?•Thelimitsofyourinvestigation-don’twriteabook!=•Whattheoreticalframeworkcanyoudrawon?LIMITINGwords12/08/2011DrMartinDavies712/08/2011DrMartinDavies82Example1AnalysisofExample1TheUniversityofMelbourne>TheUniversityofMelbourne>DiscussthebenefitsthatanorganisationislikelytoobtainNouns/nounphrasesDirectionwordsfromdecentralisation.•Organisation•Discuss=Investigatevery•Decentralisationaspectof/lookatpointsfor–Wh