Blog about Essay
A good place to start thinking about essays is to better understand the types of essays that most of your assignments in high-school, and college or university will fit into. The following are the four main categories of essays that are generally the norm in academia (thank you, Purdue Online Writing Lab) and most essays…
Remember Throw Momma from the Train? That movie from the 80s with Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito? You can admit it. We’re all friends here. The movie is an homage to and update of Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train. Crystal and DeVito conspire to…well, the title really says it all. The movie earned Anne Ramsey—Momma—an Academy Award…
Hi, my name is Anthony, and I’m a completist. It feels good to get that off my chest. What does it mean to be a completist? Well, it’s the reason I have this: If you looked at this album cover and concluded this record didn’t win any Grammys, congratulations. You are presumably…
One of the things that many students struggle with is analysing poetry. I remember sitting in my high school class; we read a poem out loud, and our teacher asked us to weigh in on the meaning. In all honesty, I had absolutely no clue. None. Then the smart girl raised her hand and started…
EssayJack is an online platform that helps students with English for Academic Purposes writing, and our website proudly claims that ours is a company For Students, By Professors, but what does that really mean and why should you care? It means a few things: That EssayJack was literally created by two professors. That EssayJack is built on…
Written assignments, whether as part of coursework, or homework, or take-home exams, all firmly sit in the category of essays. What kind of essay, of course, depends on the assignment and subject. Whether you have one assignment due tomorrow or five essays due in two weeks time, what you want to do immediately, is get…
If you’ve clicked on this blog thinking it will lead you to the silver bullet for relieving essay writing anxiety then you may be a little disappointed. What I can offer you is some advice on what generally works for most people, and has worked for me on many occasions, in school, university (when I…
EssayJack is an educational company where lifelong learning is part of everything we do. We are big nerds at heart, and we want to help students become better at what they do. And, do you know what? It seems like you think that we’re delivering on that promise to be “helpful.” How do we know? You…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that writing is stressful. It doesn’t matter if you are a novelist, a blogger, or a student who has to write essays for school. Writing causes all kinds of anxiety. This writing tension is even worse when it is added to the pressure students feel to perform well, be…
It’s natural to want to do a Google or YouTube search on ‘how to write a good essay’ or ‘top five tips for writing an essay quickly’ or something similar. You may come across some legitimate advice from qualified professionals and some where the advice seems legitimate until you reach that last line where it…