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Asked to write an "illustrated essay"

Hi, i have been asked to write an illustrated essay and i'm trying to confirm what it meant by that.

There are two options,

1) An essay with pictures
2) It meant, "Illustrate with examples"

So, commonly in uni would an illustrated essay mean back up your points with examples. or provide pictures :confused:

Reply 1

Hurricane_Herd

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i think it means write an essay with illustrations. but the meaning of illustration is this context is somewhat ambiguous. as you say it could mean drawings or examples (of some sort). Dunno if this helps, your best off asking someone in the know, from the university, i think. Or equally look at the online specification and see if it is mentioned.

Reply 2

FadeToBlackout

15

Send a quick email to the person who set it to check what they mean.

Reply 3

Arminius

OP

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eek, ok. I have allready written the essay :redface:

If it does need pictures that wouldn't be too hard to put in.

Jus thought there might be a concensus, but obviously an e-mail is now best.

Reply 4

jennyflake

What degree are you doing? That might shed some light on the dilemma

Reply 5

Shreerac1

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jennyflake

What degree are you doing? That might shed some light on the dilemma

Please don't say art.

Reply 6

nikk

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Shreerac1

Please don't say art.

lol, nice one :p:

Reply 7

Arminius

OP

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the essay is an overview of brunel from an engineering/architecture perspective. There is certainly no need for pictures. I was just wondering if this was a common phrase - that would have a common interpretation.

Reply 8

kinkajou

15

well if it's architecture it's pretty likely that it means actual drawings

Reply 9

vickyrkenya

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I was asked to write one of these in an exam...about bacteria. So i drew lots of labelled diagrams to illustrate the point.

Reply 10

FadeToBlackout

15

Indeed. As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words, so you'll probably be best to use some technical plans for the engineering part of things, explaining things like the tunnel boring shield he and Marc Brunel came up with for the Thames tunnel, or the theory behind the Great Britain and Great Eastern (that drag upon the hull increases at the square of the length, whereas something else increases at the cube, hence the bigger the ship the more economical it will be), or the theory behind the atmouspheric railway and so on. And the broad gauge.

From the architectural point of view, maybe have some pictures of his achievements (Bristol station, Paddington (both architectural achievements)), the portals of Box tunnel, and so on. It would really help to illustrate any points you made by refering to pictured examples.

Reply 11

kinderegg41

1

Did you do your illustrated report? i am also struggling with my recommendations, i dont have a clue.x

Reply 12

carol0723

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I am in the process of finishing it as it’s due tomorrow but the hardest part now is making it more concise as I am way over my word count so I am trying to cut it down without losing valuable information. I think I have gone into far too much detail.

Reply 13

Doones

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Original post by carol0723

I am in the middle of doing an illustrated report on cell biology
I’m struggling with what I put in my recommendations section and my conclusion
Any help greatly received

Original post by kinderegg41

Did you do your illustrated report? i am also struggling with my recommendations, i dont have a clue.x

Original post by carol0723

I am in the process of finishing it as it’s due tomorrow but the hardest part now is making it more concise as I am way over my word count so I am trying to cut it down without losing valuable information. I think I have gone into far too much detail.

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