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Introduction Another possible positive dimension to chocolate is a correlation with cardiovascular health. Yet the potential benefits of flavanols in chocolate are currently offset by the high fat/carbohydrate content of most forms of chocolate. Whether chocolate is a food or a drug is also unclear. It can therefore be said that chocolate is not a healthy food, but can be enjoyed as part of a healthy and balanced diet and lifestyle. If you're expected to choose your own topic, then the first step is to define the purpose of your essay. Or to education about a person, place, thing or idea? The topic you choose needs to support the purpose of your essay. A tutor can learn a worrying amount about the quality of your essay simply from how it looks on the page. The middle part of the essay must fulfil the promises made in your introduction, and must support your final conclusions. The need to use such a wide range of academic skills is probably the main reason why the essay format is so popular with tutors as an assignment. Being a good writer involves using other people’s ideas to support your work. However, you should never forget to say where these ideas come from, even if you don’t quote the person’s exact words. This is very important in academic writing in western countries, and if you do not do this you might be accused of plagiarism, which is a serious offence at university. Obesity and chocolate consumption seemingly have no proven correlations. It is the argument, and how you decide to present and back up your argument, that will influence your decision on how to structure your essay. As with teaching, it is often not until you try to communicate an argument and its evidence that you find where the gaps are in your knowledge or argument. So don’t be afraid of writing down your ideas before they are fully formed, or in the ‘right’ order. Failure to meet either or both of these requirements will irritate your reader, and will demonstrate a lack of self-critique and of editing. The composers Haydn and Mozart, working in the 18th century, tended to write symphonies to fit reliably and closely within what was called ‘symphonic form’. This set out a pattern for the numbers of movements within the symphony, and for the general structure of writing within each movement. The continued popularity of their work today shows that they clearly managed to achieve plenty of interest and variety within that basic structure. For a 1,000-word essay an introduction of approximately words would be appropriate. First, analyse the question and decide what it wants you to do. Next, re-write it in an easily understandable form. Your notes will vary according to you and your style â€" make any that seem relevant to the subject area, at any time â€" put the information into a box, or special essay file. Some topics require you to research more, some to think and analyse more. Only collect information that will be useful â€" don’t waste time compiling masses of information that will not be used. Academic writing must be objective in its approach; that is, students are not simply asked for opinions , but to analyse, judge and propose, using evidence. For this reason, the use of the personal pronouns (I, we, you…) should be avoided. If necessary, the term ‘the author’ may also be used. You may, however, give supported judgements which use references, including examples of data to offer perceptive comment. Henry Ford did not, which is why he is given credibility as an expert on cars, not history. Now, down the left side of the page, under the topic, write Roman numerals I, II, and III, sequentially. Get started by drawing a circle in the middle of a paper just big enough to write in. Expository - Also known as explanatory essays, expositories provide explanations of something. Analytical - An analytical essay paper breaks down an idea or issue into its its key components. It evaluates the issue or idea by presenting analysis of the breakdown and/or components to the the reader. Blank sheet â€" Take a blank sheet of paper and write whatever occurs to you, anywhere on the sheet, as you think about the question. The key verbs here, need to be looked at carefully because they indicate the approach you are expected to take when you prepare and write the essay. To write a 1000 word essay, ideally you should allow yourself about 3 weeks. You might wonder how you can include your own voice and still sound academic when you are writing about a subject area in which you have little knowledge. Including your voice does not mean that you should say ‘I think’ or ‘in my opinion’.