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Essay Writing An essay is a piece of writing on a particular subject or topic consisting of more than one paragraph. The characteristics of a good essay are: Unity – The essay should deal with the main subject and all of its parts should be related to that subject. Coherence –  The ideas, sentences and paragraphs of the essay should be logically sequenced and connected. Relevance –  Irrelevant information should be avoided. Proportion –  While writing the essay, important ideas should be given more weightage and space. Essay writing involves a number of steps. These steps are as follows: Step 1: Prepare an outline or a diagram of all the ideas related to the topic. Step 2: Club similar ideas and expand them into sentences or even paragraphs. Step 3: The first paragraph introduces the subject and makes general statement about the topic. Step 4: In the next few paragraphs, discuss points stated in the introduction in detail. It may include the p...

1. Note-making: Note-making is a useful skill. It forms an important part of our academic as well as work life. It involves drawing important/main information out of large chunks of given information and transforming the information into points. Characteristics of good notes are: (a) Notes are written in a precise manner indicating the main points of the text. (b) Only short phrases are used. No sentences are to be used. (c)  Notes represent logically divided and sub-divided information. For example:  Main sections:        1, 2, 3, etc.  Sub-sections:          (i), (ii), (iii) or 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.  Sub-sub sections:    (a), (b), (c) or 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, etc. (d) The information is listed in ‘note form’. (e) Abbreviations and symbols are freely used in note-making. Articles, conjunctions and prepositions must not be used. (f...

1. Introduction to Prepositions: Prepositions are words that join a noun, a pronoun or a group of words acting as a noun with another part of a sentence. A preposition should always have at least one object (noun, pronoun or a group of words acting as a noun). This is the object that it joins with the rest of the sentence. For example: Reema’s house is located near the temple. (Here, ‘near’ is a preposition that connects the noun ‘the temple’ with the rest of the sentence. ‘The temple’ is the object of the preposition, i.e., the prepositional object.) [ Remember: A preposition will always have an object. ] 2. Purpose of Prepositions: What does a preposition do? A preposition shows the relation between its object and the part of a sentence with which it joins the object . Consider the following examples to understand the different relations shown by a preposition. Nalini will return on Monday. Here, ‘on’ is the preposition that connects ‘Monday’ with the rest of t...

1. Introduction to Conjunctions: Conjunctions are the words or phrases that join other words, other phrases, clauses or sentences . These words or phrases act as connectors or bridges. For example: Conjunctions can be broadly classified as coordinating , subordinating and correlative . 2. Coordinating Conjunctions: These conjunctions join words, phrases or sentences of equal importance . For example: Joseph reached the station on time, but the train was late. Here, ‘but’ is the coordinating conjunction connecting ‘Joseph reached the station on time’ with ‘the train was late’. The sentence can be broken up into two separate sentences as follows: Joseph reached the station on time. The train was late. Both these sentences convey separate meanings individually. Neither depends on the other to convey its meaning. Hence, it can be said that they are sentences of equal rank or importance. Take another example: I want to drink pineapple juice and...