Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Forms of Research
Dont restrict yourself to a narrative!
This is perhaps the most common problem with
history essays
The point of a research essay is not simply to tell a
story regardless of whether it has a happy ending or
not.
Comparitive essay
Compare and contrast examples A and B with regards
to question X.
Bibliographical essay
What has the historiagraphical development been like
in a certain narrow topic.
Two more
How important was Diocletian in the history of
Rome?
This one isnt half bad ... if rephrased and answered
well.
E.g. Did Diocletians rule save the Roman Empire?
Direct quotations:
Placed in quotation marks.
Used to spice up the text
Citations:
Used much more than quotations.
Save up valuable space