What is a Supplemental Essay? A supplemental essay is an additional essay, besides the main one, submitted by applicants along with their college application. While the main college essay gives the admissions committee a peek into an applicant’s strengths and achievements, the supplemental essay provides more information on the applicant’s opinions, traits, and beliefs, based […]

“Well begun is half done” is an adage that holds true especially in the case of a college essay. The more compelling the opening statement of a college essay is, the more interested readers are likely to be in the piece.  Different types of essay introductions work differently. Depending on the type of the college […]

The college admission process grants students the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, strengths, accomplishments, and beliefs, thus helping them build their personal brand. One of the quickest ways to get the attention of the admissions committee is by writing an impressive application essay. Since the essay can make or break the application, applicants should ensure […]

An excellent college admission essay grants students a solid opportunity to impress the admissions board. And writing one isn’t as daunting a task as it may seem. Knowing, understanding, and following some straightforward essay-writing steps can help students put together a winning college admissions essay.  Given how competitive the admission process has become, making a […]

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Bartleby Write now supports analysis of essays up to 12,500 words. This means that you can get help with plagiarism, spun-text detection, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and citation analysis on essays up to 50 double-spaced pages. Long-essay analysis is handled offline, and Bartleby Write will notify you when the results are ready. Here’s how it works: […]

Essay Builder is an easy-to-use tool to help you get started on your essay. It supports multiple types of essays and will lead you through each part of your essay by giving you instructions, sample text, and links to additional resources. It also tracks your progress throughout. Additionally, you can choose to switch between build […]

What is a Supplemental Essay? A supplemental essay is an additional essay, besides the main one, submitted by applicants along with their college application. While the main college essay gives the admissions committee a peek into an applicant’s strengths and achievements, the supplemental essay provides more information on the applicant’s opinions, traits, and beliefs, based […]

“Well begun is half done” is an adage that holds true especially in the case of a college essay. The more compelling the opening statement of a college essay is, the more interested readers are likely to be in the piece.  Different types of essay introductions work differently. Depending on the type of the college […]

The college admission process grants students the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, strengths, accomplishments, and beliefs, thus helping them build their personal brand. One of the quickest ways to get the attention of the admissions committee is by writing an impressive application essay. Since the essay can make or break the application, applicants should ensure […]

An excellent college admission essay grants students a solid opportunity to impress the admissions board. And writing one isn’t as daunting a task as it may seem. Knowing, understanding, and following some straightforward essay-writing steps can help students put together a winning college admissions essay.  Given how competitive the admission process has become, making a […]

The confused man was lost in the maze. The wet dog made a mess on the carpet. It was a story older than time itself. The sunny morning turned into a cold, dreary afternoon. The underlined groups of words in the above sentences are known as phrases. Phrases function as meaningful grammatical units in a […]

Jennifer came to dinner with us. Brad speaks loudly. When I went home, I saw him. When I went home, I saw him, and wished him a good evening. In its simplest form, a clause is a group of words consisting of a subject and a verb that share a strong relationship. Clauses, however, are […]

People like to hate on the passive voice. English teachers, writing coaches, authors–many of them echo the sentiment that writers should avoid the passive voice at all costs, instead using the active voice whenever possible. While writers should generally prioritize the active voice, because too much passive language makes writing confusing to read, saying The […]

I are going to my friend’s house after school. He have a trampoline. When reading the above sentences, you notice pretty quickly that something needs adjusting. These sentences lack proper subject-verb agreement. When we put the subject, the one doing the action, in bold, and underline its action verb, it becomes easier to spot when […]

Plagiarism – a word that strikes terror into the hearts of the most intrepid writers everywhere – refers to the act of copying someone else’s work and passing it off as one’s own. It is a wrong and unethical practice and can have dire consequences for writers. In fact, it can get students expelled from […]

Plagiarism (copying someone else’s work and passing it off as one’s own) is not a new phenomenon in academia. The advent of technology has made it easier not only to plagiarize but also to bring instances of plagiarism to light. Not all acts of plagiarism, however, are alike. There are many types of plagiarism and […]

In college writing, a citation indicates a source of information. Its goals are to inform readers that certain material in the work came from an outside source and to help them identify and find the source of that material. A citation provides the following information: Author of the source material Title of the work Name […]

Plagiarism is the most common type of academic misconduct. It can be deliberate or accidental, but either way, it is a punishable offense. Although different educational institutions have different disciplinary measures to deal with plagiarism, it is still rampant for a variety of reasons.  Why Do Students Plagiarize? 1. Lack of Organizational Skills Students with […]

8:07 PM, You: Hey, what’s up? How’d the game go? Did you make any three-pointers, assists, or game-winning shots? 8:10 PM, Cameron: hey buddy the game went great we won i scored a ton of points and made a game winning three pointer at the end im happy with my performance !!! 8:11 PM, You: […]

For their size, commas are deceptively tricky. Even experienced writers still get tripped up by the measly comma, that little squiggly punctuation mark that inserts a mid-sentence pause after listed items, before conjunctions, in compound and complex sentences, and in a variety of other grammatical situations.  Even among those with a lot of writing experience, […]

We’ve all sent or received texts like these: 8:07 PM: I am hoping you will come pick me up after practice? 3:16 PM: Yes, will you be waiting outside. 3:29 PM: I will be. Coach just asked if I can stay after to help clean up? But what do all these texts have in common? […]

As Lauren planned the final semester of her master’s degree program, she asked herself an age-old question: Should I do a paper, or a project? At first consideration, the rules about when to capitalize, or when to use a capital letter to begin a word, seem elementary: capitalize a letter when starting a sentence. But […]