No matter whether you have to write a college persuasive essay as a part of your application process or it is just another assignment from your college professor, you can use the same principles of writing college persuasive essays.
 
We have highlighted these principles below. Yet, we should also warn you that being aware of basic rules is not enough to write effective college persuasive essays. The quality of your works and grades will greatly depend on many other factors like your research skills, general thinking and writing skills, etc.
 
Anyway, let us move on to the main principles of writing college persuasive essays, particularly to the principles of organizing major parts of essays.
 
Introduction in college persuasive essays
 
Do you think that an introduction is designed to present college persuasive essay topics and some general facts about them? Well, it is not exactly so. One of the main functions of the introductory paragraph is to grab the reader’s attention. If from the very beginning the reader is not interested in your college persuasive essay, what is the point of reading it till the end?
 
Body in college persuasive essays
 
Basically, body paragraphs are used to present arguments. These three body paragraphs of your college persuasive essay are your biggest chance to convince the reader of whatever you want. So, collect as many arguments and supporting evidences as you can. Use them in your college persuasive essay, starting from the weakest ones.
 
Conclusions in college persuasive essays
 
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Mental illnesses seem to be a very serious topic. It does not look like there is something to laugh at when it comes to mental disorders.
 
Well, sure we do not mean that you have to make fun of something when writing your mental illness essay. You can be very serious and write the same serious mental illness essay that will include something like:

• a definition of mental illnesses, general facts about them;
• causes and effects of mental disorders;
• treatment of mental illnesses, etc.

It is not the worst way to get mental illness essays done, and perhaps this is what your teacher is waiting for. However, if you think this is one of the most boring ways to write mental illness essays, it is another thing.
 
If you do not want to fall asleep when preparing your mental illness essay, choose a more fascinating topic. We already have several suggestions for you.
 
Bizarre mental illnesses
 
There are plenty of really strange mental disorders that you can describe in your mental illness essay. Here are a couple of examples for you:

1. Stockholm Syndrome – it is an illness when a hostage who is abducted begins to feel sympathetic towards its captor.
2. Paris Syndrome – it is a disorder common for Japanese tourists who just go mad when they visit Paris.

“Famous” mental illnesses
 
A great number of famous people, politicians, military leaders, actors, etc. have/had all kinds of mental disorders. It is another idea for your mental illness essay. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Hitler, and many others can be the main characters of your mental illness essay.
 
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Personal statement essays, which are also called statement of goals essays or, to put it into simple words, admission essays are something that every student has to deal with when it comes to college application.
 
Admission officers call a personal statement essay an opportunity for a candidate to “sell” himself/herself, and it is really so. Everything that your grades and test scores cannot tell about you should be reflected in your personal statement essay.
 
Personal statement essays can be split into two categories:
 

• a general personal statement essay, where you can write anything you want about yourself that can prove you are an ideal applicant;
• a response to questions.

No matter what type of a personal statement essay you need to write, there are some general rules you can follow to prepare an excellent essay. We are glad to present you the essentials of writing perfect personal statement essays right now.
 
Personal statement essays: self-investigation
 
This is what you should start with. Before you get down to writing your personal statement essay, there are a lot of questions you should ask yourself, e.g.:

• What is special about you? What makes you different?
• Who/what shaped your interest in a certain field? How long have you been interested in it?
• What experience do you have in this field?
• What are your future plans, career goals?

Personal statement essays: answer questions
 
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Do you feel that this task to write an essay on disaster management is going to turn into your personal disaster? Well, we suppose you are exaggerating your personal catastrophe a little. After all, all disasters finish sooner or later and they can be managed somehow. So, let us help you manage disaster management papers.
 
By the way, it is good that you are assigned to prepare disaster management essays at the present moment. Do you know why? The thing is that our planet suffers from natural disasters. Countries in different parts of the world suffer from earthquakes, floods, or droughts. This means that you have plenty of examples to refer to when writing the disaster management essay.
 
We have listed just a few natural disasters that happened in 2010 and that can be used as examples in or a basis for disaster management papers:

• South China floods
• Romanian floods
• Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
• Haiti earthquake
• Chile earthquake
• Central Canada earthquake
• Indian heatwave
• Kohistan avalanche

Recent examples in your disaster management essay are definitely a good thing. Yet, what else should you touch upon? What follows next are additional points to be covered in your disaster management essay.

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At some point of your academic career, you will have to start using various sources to prepare assignments and will have to make references in your essays and papers.
 
For those who have to use essay references for the first time, it is rather a troublesome task, mainly because there are so many rules to keep in mind about paper and essay references.
 
Yet, the main rule you should always remember is that references play an extremely important role in scientific essays, research papers, and other serious scientific projects.
 
Here, we have listed all essentials you ought to know about references in papers.
 
Why you should use references in papers
 
Basically, references in papers have several important functions:

• they show how much reading and research you have done to prepare your paper;
• they back up your claims and ideas;
• finally, they protect you from accusations of plagiarism.

When you should use references in papers
 
There are two main cases when references in essays and papers are necessary:

• when you quote someone’s ideas, work;
• when you paraphrase ideas in your own words.

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