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。