Essay 写作 Distinction 指南

时间安排

都说DDL是多数留学党同学们的学术第一生产力。紧迫的时间或许可以帮助你完成课业任务，但一篇优秀的Essay内容则需要时间的沉淀。

如果想要有一篇70+的高Essay评分，需要预留出约一周的撰写时间：

第1-3天：

大量阅读相关文献，理顺essay结构框架。

第4-6天：

根据框架进行写作，并随时进行文献补充。

第7天：

最后留出一天的时间进行proofreading、查重并提交。

撰写前期准备

在正式论文写作前，需要明确论文类型及作业要求。根据不同的文章要求明确Essay主体，调整论文结构和侧重点，基本流程可以是：

列出Outline基本框架 — 查找相关文献 — 细化框架论点 — 回溯补充文献。

Essay的基础结构可以概括为三个部分：

Introduction Part — Main Body Part — Conclusion Part。

逻辑框架内容细分

1. Introduction 10%：表达Essay的主要观点，概述主题内容。可以遵循以下7句原则：

第一句：背景介绍

第二句：关键词定义

第三句：课题的重要性及选择原因

第四句：之前研究的空白

第五句：研究方法及其优势

第六句：观点陈述

第七句：总括essay逻辑结构

Introduction Part 推荐句式：

· …is an important component of… Central to the discipline of …is ….

· …is an increasingly importantissuein…

· Recent developments in …have shown the need for….

· Recent developments in the field of … have led to a renewed interest in ..

· This study builds on…and contributes to…

· Over the past century, there has been a(major)decline in …

· Recently there has been renewed interest in .….

· Atheoretical issue that has dominated the field for many years is ….

· The controversy over…has raged for many years.

· The issue of … has recently grown in importance.

· Most studies of … have only been carried out on..

· Until now, little importance has been given to ..

· Until now, this method has only been applied to….

2. Main Body Part 80%：写出主要论点并解释论点；举例作证并引用文献。可以采用主题句+例证+分析论点+总结四部分写作框架和10句原则：

第1句：主题句 Topic sentence 点明主旨。

第2-5句：结合文献内容举例说明。

第6-9句：提出自己的观点并讨论分析。

第10句：结尾总结性语句概述前文观点。

Main Body Part 推荐句式：

· One question that needs to be asked, however, is…

· One problem with this approach is …

· The main limitation to X’s study is …

· However, this method of analysis has a number of limitations.

· However,the research does not take into account …

· The author offers no explanation for …

· The main weakness of this study is …

· The existing research fails to …

· Much of the recent literature has not …

· However, there has been relatively little literature published on…

· Numerous studies have argued that…

· Several studies have revealed…

· The research to date has tended to focus on…

· Data from several studies have identified the.. It has been suggested that…

· It has been conclusively shown that… It has been demonstrated that…

3. Conclusion Part 10%：点出Essay前文提出的问题，回答前面所讨论的内容并做出总结。可以采用4句原则：

第1句：总结前文讨论的内容。

第2句：指出前文研究的不足和可以改进的方向。

第3句：过渡句承上启下总结观点。

第4句：对未来该学术领域发展的展望。

Conclusion Part 推荐句式：

· This research has investigated.. The study set out to …

· The purpose of the present research was to…

· The study has shown that…

· An important finding to emerge in this study is ..

· The results are significant in three respects…

· In general,… therefore… the results show …

· The findings add to our understanding of…

· This study adds to the body of knowledge around..

· This research confirms previous findings and contributes to our understanding of… · · Although the study did not show…it did substantiate ….

· However, a number of limitations need to be considered for instance,….

· The research was limited in several ways.

· However, the findings are subject to at least four limitations.

· The most significant was.

· Several limitations need to be acknowledged.

· Contrary to expectations, this research did not find a significant difference between…

注意：每个段落的写作都应该出现在合适的位置，并且符合逻辑的起承转合。