OU Student

Hannah / 21 / UK Studying English Literature and Creative Writing at The Open University.

[study-habit]

• I swear it was friday like 5 minutes ago 🤔 •

[literary-studies]

29th of May // 09.52

The sun woke me up at 7 am today, but it was quite lucky since my phone died during the night. I’ve been reading in the library for a little more than an hour. Today is sonnets and past exams; I feel like I’ve learned quite a lot this week so I’m gonna put it to the test.

Fun fact: Leda and the swan is based on the same greek mythology as Orphan Black!

[schmergo]

When Shakespeare popularized a form of sonnet that differed structurally from the earlier Italian sonnet, was he smashing the Petrarch-y?

[jlz7]

[becauseliteraturethatswhy]

01.15.16 : This is definitely going to be well-worn by the time my Sherlock Holmes seminar comes to an end this May. Read A Scandal in Bohemia last week, and starting The Sign of Four tonight. Excited to watch the new Sherlock episode as well!!

[softthistlestudies-deactivated2]

1/100 Isn’t it weird how on the hectic days you can end up getting more done than on the quiet ones? Yesterday I was stowed out from first thing till the kids finished school, yet I got a ton of study done! Today all I had to do was done by 10.30am yet this is all I did! Whoops! Still, better than nothing right? Free day tomorrow while the kids are in school so I’m planning on finishing this week’s work so the rest of the week can be spent reading the recommended books. I’m trying to get a few weeks ahead so that I don’t fall behind while the kids are on their 2 week October break. I’m 2 weeks ahead so far so should be safe!

[furtho]

Open University student, c1970s (via here)

[catherine-studies-law]

It’s not quite like this anymore.

But it’s not far off.

[analogueaddict]

Super excited for the academic year to start so I can start my Forensic Psychology degree with the OU!

[oustudent]

Onto week two of my final year of uni, trying to stay ahead.

[studiesandsunshine]

04/12/2015 || Getting my literary criticism game on, as usual.

[englishlit-chic]

21/09/2015 4:47 pm: Casually questioning my existence because of Hamlet. Still my fave.

[cwote]

[septaout]

September 17th 2016 ~ rearranged my desk this morning, it isn’t much but I’m happy with the result :)

[study-like-you-mean-it]

66 Essay Transition Phrases-

To continue an idea:

Furthermore

Moreover

In addition

As well as this

What’s more

Additionally

Regarding this

The fact that [x] is so, shows that

To compare and contrast ideas:

In comparison

In contrast

Unlike [x], [y]…

Like with [x], [y]…

Similarly

Comparatively

In the same way

Another way of viewing this is

Yet

Still

Nevertheless

On one/the other hand

Conversely

Notwithstanding

In spite of this

However

Besides

Though/Although

On the contrary

Contrary to this

In order to list:

Firstly; Secondly; Thirdly; Finally

To begin with; In addition; In conclusion

These are the following:

These are as follows:

In order to introduce an example:

An example of this is (the fact that) (the following)

To illustrate this

This is exemplified by the fact that/to exemplify (this one seems a little bit weird, but I use it all the time in order to show an idea being strengthened within a lot of my English Literature essays)

For instance

For example

In this manner

In particular

Namely

[x] can be shown strongly/most clearly when…

To show that something causes something else:

As a result

Because of this (I wouldn’t use this one in very formal writing because formal writing tends to discourage the use of ‘because’ and ‘also’ at the start of your sentences)

Consequently

Hence (this can also be used in the middle of the sentence to explain why something is the way it is)

For this reason

The consequence of this is

To repeat an idea with more/as much detail:

To repeat

That is,

In other words

To be precise

To be exact

More precisely/exactly

To reiterate

To draw conclusions:

From this, I can extrapolate (most of the time, personal pronouns are not used in very formal writing, so ‘it can be extrapolated’ is good if you want to sound very sophisticated)

From this, it can be inferred that…

It is clear that from [x], [y] means…

This shows the reader/audience that…

This enables us to understand the fact that…

[x] shows us that [y] feels…

From this, it is clear that…

To make an overall conclusion:

In conclusion

In short

To summarise

In summary

To conclude

I hope this helps!

[psychloegy-deactivated20161029]

vv helpful ☺️

[thevvventingmachine]

My family judges based on the state of my desk if it’s safe to talk to me or not 

[zoekezia]

i am very very slowly beginning to get to grips with maths. very slowly. I also bought a new pencilcase and these double ended pens from thejournalshop because treat yo self, I hope everyone’s having a good week and big hurrah to all IB student finishing up this week :D

[a-joyfuljourney]

Jess Miles