Assignment format and guidelines

Assignment Format & Guidelines

The purpose of the introduction is to give your reader a clear idea of what your essay will cover. It should provide some background information on the specific problem or issue you are addressing, and should clearly outline your answer. Depending on your faculty or school, ‘your answer’ may be referred to as your position, contention, thesis or main argument. Whatever term is used, this is essentially your response to the essay question, which is based on the research you have undertaken.

Introduction

The body of the essay is where you fully develop your argument. Each body paragraph should contain one key idea or claim, which is supported by relevant examples and evidence from the body of scholarly work on your topic (i.e. academic books and journal articles). Together, the body paragraphs form the building blocks of your argument.

The body paragraphs

The function of a conclusion is to draw together the main ideas discussed in the body of the essay. However, a good conclusion does more than that.You may choose to also:

• reflect on the broader significance of the topic
• discuss why it is difficult to arrive at a definitive answer to the question posed
• raise other questions that could be considered in a subsequent essay
• make a prediction about what will happen to the phenomenon under investigation

Conclusion

• Font Type: Times New Roman
• Font Size: Body: 12Titles: 14 + Bold
• Spacing: 1.5 spacing between lines
• Alignment: Left (English), right (Arabic) + Justified
• Cover Page: Title of assignment, student name, student ID, lecturer name, course name, date of submission
• Grammer and punctuation

Research guidelines

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