Conde Library: Research and referencing: Step 5: Creating/Presenting

Writing

PEEL Paragraph writing

Harvard College Writing Centre: Strategies for Writing Essays
The Harvard College Writing Center has compiled this detailed collection on the basic elements of the scholarly essay. Advanced high school students and lower-division undergraduates might benefit the most from the resources assembled here, which cover a comprehensive outline of how to research, write, and edit an essay. Visitors may want to start with "How to Read an Assignment," and progress through the titled strategies before culminating with "Tips on Grammar, Punctuation, and Style." Each of the 18 sections contains helpful suggestions and strategies for essay writing, from writing a comparative analysis to creating an outline.

Editing tips

EDITING TIPS

Once you have written your essay, there are some questions you can ask yourself during the editing process which will help you meet the word limit and refine your expression.

1. Have I said anything that didn't need to be included?

2. Have I repeated myself?

3. Have I used formal language, or colloquial language?

4. Look at each sentence in turn. Is there a way I can say the same thing, but in fewer words?

5. Find a quiet space, alone. Read your essay out loud to yourself. You will pick up things which will need changing, rewriting or deleting.