Study Task 05: Dissertations

By looking at some of last year's dissertations I have learnt some points about presentation and formality of my written work.

• Referring to the essay or project in the introduction is common and acceptable - I often have thought that it was not.

eg. 'The underlying question of this project is...'

      'This paper will investigate...'

• The introduction also outlines different chapters of the essay and what will be analysed.
• All the dissertations have contents at the start of the booklet, with 'list of illustrations' being before the essay. Images, bibliography and appendices are at the back.
• Long quotes are indented within the text, something I have not been doing but will now change.