Category Archives: Assignments

How to Write a Summary for Essays, Articles, and Books

As you’ve already guessed, today’s blog post is the ultimate guide on how to write a summary for different papers. Not only will you learn about four academic summary types, their purpose, and their proper formatting, but you’ll also master the art of summary writing step by step and get answers to all the frequently […]

November 10, 2022

How to Write an Annotated Bibliography: Formats, Types, Steps

In this blog post, you’ll learn how to write an annotated bibliography for research papers. While many students and writers find this process challenging and stressful, an annotated bibliography is not that hard to craft. The trick is to decide on its type and format and follow the steps we reveal here. Let’s jump into […]

September 12, 2022

How to Write a Compare and Contrast Essay, Step by Step

So, you’re here to learn how to write a compare and contrast essay. Great! This post is the ultimate guide to help you understand the purpose of this writing, the process of discovering similarities and differences to outline there, and the structure of compare/contrast essays to keep for crafting A-worthy works. Actionable tips and examples […]

August 18, 2022

How to Write a Synthesis Essay to Impress And Get A+

Students’ first thought when a teacher assigns a synthesis essay is something like, “What? Synthesis? Isn’t it anything from chemistry classes?” Indeed, this essay type isn’t as popular as narrative, critical, or personal papers you regularly write in college. That’s why it would help to know how to write a synthesis essay beforehand, to meet a situation hand-on […]

February 10, 2022

How to Write an Argumentative Essay: The Only Guide You Need

An argumentative essay is a paper that uses facts and evidence to support the thesis it’s making. A student investigates a topic, establishes a position on it, and provides arguments to persuade the reader to agree with this position. An argumentative essay is the most popular type of academic writing in school and college. But […]

October 5, 2021

How to Write a Strong Conclusion for Your Essay

Last updated: November 2019 How to conclude an essay: Restate the thesis by making the same point with other words (paraphrase). Review your supporting ideas. For that, summarize all arguments by paraphrasing how you proved the thesis. Connect back to the essay hook and relate your closing statement to the opening one. Combine all the […]

July 7, 2017

How to Write a Rhetorical Précis Your Professor Will Never Forget

Last updated: November 2019 A rhetorical précis is a type of academic writing where you summarize another piece of text, its main ideas and arguments, in particular, to provide insight into its author’s thesis. So, it happened again. Your teacher assigned yet another paper to you. It sounds something like “write a précis, in 800-1000 […]

May 4, 2017

How to Write an Exclusive Dialectic Essay: Assignment and Sample

Last updated: July 2019 A dialectic essay is a sort of argumentative dialogue or debate when an author introduces a thesis and uses both arguments and counterarguments to prove it. Oh no, not again! image source: Unsplash Essay types are numerous, and students have to know them all, as well as understand the difference between […]

March 31, 2014