Using Essay Samples To Generate Your Own Research

 Essay samples can be found for just about any topic to lend you a helping hand with your own essay; however, have you ever thought about using essay samples to generate your own research? Since the topics they cover are so varied, essay samples can be a great source of varying ideas to form starting point for your own research. This is especially helpful if you find yourself grounded without thoughts for your own research. Read as many essay samples as you can get your hands on and you are, almost certain, to fall into something of interest.

Don’t Settle

Don’t jump on the first topic of interest. You want to make your selection wisely as it will form the basis of your research. Narrow down your list to a few contenders and then work out which one will has the largest room for growth and will yield the most upside.

Remember, it’s Only a Starting Point

It may be tempting to use more than a general idea from a sample essay but that would be bordering on plagiarism. Instead, we recommend reading the sample essay to grasp the main idea and use that to springboard your own research that will dive deeper into the topic.

Don’t keep the essay sample in front of you when beginning to write as it will only cloud your thoughts to conform to the original. You will have better results by going strictly off what you remember and what it is exactly that attracted you to the key idea in the first place.

Remember to provide an outline that will not only tell the reader what to expect in the paragraphs to follow, but will also guide you where to go next with your own research. This will allow you broaden your horizons before analyzing your one particular area of the interest. It also serves to give the reader clearer understanding of the roadmap that will be followed to arrive at the destination.

Now, Expand your Research

Reading and comprehending the sample essay is just one step of the process. You can often also consult the works referenced in the sample essay to learn even more about the topic of interest.

The cited works could give rise to new ideas or, at the very least, strengthen the ideas you are developing in your own research. This is an often overlooked method of generating your own research but one that can be extremely powerful if wielded in the correct manner.

The additional reading will also provide you with greater understanding of the topic at hand with matter that can then be used to stitch together your research with a common thread that ties it all together.

An added benefit of this process is that since you have fully vetted the sources, you can also reference these works in your own research as valued resources to expand your list of cited works to demonstrate you have endeavored to fully explore the topic. Essay samples can truly be a great source to develop your own research.