AWA: Academic Writing at Auckland
An Essay requires independent thinking and the development of an argument supported by clear and logical ideas (Nesi and Gardner, 2012, p. 91). The essay can be developed in different ways, including analysis, evaluation and synthesis of perspectives, theories and research, application of definitions, theories and frameworks to examples and vice versa, arguing against opposing views, explaining cause and effect, comparing and contrasting, classifying, and other ways of building and supporting a position. 3 types of essay are found in AWA: Analysis Essay, Argument Essay and Discussion Essay.
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"Art is corrupted by technology." Agree/DisagreeEssay arguing that the effects of technology on music are positive. |
Anthropology | Argument essay | First year |
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'Love and Honor in the Himalayas': Ethnographic analysis In her book Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist, Hortense Powdermaker wrote that "The anthropologist is a human instrument studying other human beings". Consider this statement in the context of Love and Ho ... |
Anthropology | Analysis essay | First year |
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1080: evidence surrounding New Zealand's most contentious poison Use the scientific literature to evaluate the recent scientific evidence supporting and opposing the use of 1080 for conservation management. Use the PCE 2011 as a starting point. |
Biological Sciences | Argument essay | Third year |
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90-day trial period policy Choose a current social issue or event in ONE of the following areas: religion, families, work, consumption. Read the chapter on what sociology does and the sociological imagination, and the relevant chapter on your topi ... |
Sociology | Analysis essay | First year |
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We All Pay Your Benefits as Ideological State Apparatus Analyse a media product using a sociological perspective |
Sociology | Analysis essay | Third year |
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A Great Leader's Burden: Balancing Reason and Passion From the selection of essays and excerpts from works relevant to the historical moment in which the plays on our course are situated... traversing various contemporary social, political and cultural debates... Choose ONE ... |
English | Analysis essay | Third year |
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A new kind of war: The Cold War 'The period after 1945 did not witness the creation of a meaningful peace, but instead the creation of a new kind of war: the Cold War.' Discuss. |
History | Argument essay | First year |
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A third alternative to the 'Euthyphro Dilemma' Proposes a modified Divine Command Theory in response to the 'Euthyphro Dilemma'. |
Philosophy | Argument essay | First year |
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Adversity, Alberto, and Cerium Write an essay analyzing ONE of the passages below the box (like forensic analysis...) |
English | Analysis essay | Second year |
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Aka and Mundurucú gender equality / inequality comparison Write a 2500 word essay relating to gender equality and/or inequality through comparing two pre-industrial societies. Make sure your essay has a clear thesis statement. |
Anthropology | Analysis essay | Third year |
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An Analysis One News and 3 News: The Framing of Christchurch Compare coverage of a single politics-related issue or event between... 2 reports in same medium. Describe how the political issue or event is communicated in each case, reflecting critically on differences between the t ... |
Politics | Analysis essay | First year |
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Analysis of cohesive elements Select a text that you could use in teaching English as a second/foreign language. Analyse the text for elements making it cohesive and coherent. How and why might you use your analysis in teaching? |
Language Teaching | Analysis essay | Honours year (postgraduate) |
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Analysis of Gucci Handbag Advertisement 1. Choose any cultural text (obvious examples include advertisements, book covers, CD cases, or magazine pages). Provide an analysis of your chosen text using theory that has been covered in the course. You may wish to c ... |
Sociology | Analysis essay | First year |
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Arab Spring frameworks Can we think of the Arab Spring movements in terms of ideas of power and obedience/disobedience? If so, why is this a useful framework? Explain, using a relevant theory and examples. |
Politics | Analysis essay | First year |
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Are privately operated prisons desirable? An argument against extending privatisation to incarceration. |
Criminology | Argument essay | Second year |
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Arguments Against Homeopathy Discuss the arguments against selling homeopathy in community pharmacies |
Pharmacy | Argument essay | First year |
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Aristotle on property, government and Plato Describe and discuss Aristotle's views on the relationship between private property and good government. How are these views related to his critique of Plato? |
Politics | Analysis essay | First year |
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Art Crime: is there a Relationship between the Art Market and Art Theft? Art crimes, particularly art theft, affect the art market in several ways. Examples of this are the continually thriving illicit art industries, the increase and decrease of the value of art and antiquities pertaining to ... |
Art History | Argument essay | Second year |
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Associate geographies of production and consumption Using sweatshops as an example, examine the associate geographies of production and consumption. |
Geography | Argument essay | First year |
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Auckland street names Drawing on the two readings and tutorial worksheet, discuss how Auckland street name patterns reflect the different stages of Auckland's expansion. |
Geography | Analysis essay | First year |
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