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Over the last few months, ChatGPT has taken over the online world due to its abilities to provide information rapidly. So much so, that students have begun using this AI to write their essays and complete their assignments. Whilst, using AI to write your essay is not allowed, there are ways that you can use AI to support you through the research and writing process.

To summarise texts

If there's a research paper or text you don't understand, you can ask ChatGPT to summarise it for you and present it to you in simple language. This can help you with the first step of understanding your literature before writing.

To elaborate & expand

If you need more information or further breadth/depth on your reading then you can ask ChatGPT to expand and give you further details on passages that you provide it. This is great as saves you hundreds of hours for the research process.

To give you an essay outline

If you need a starting point for your essay or assignment, you can ask ChatGPT to provide an outline for 5 points within your topic area and this can provide you the basis for where to begin writing.

Brainstorm research questions or gap in literature

These are useful sentence structures and again, a good place to begin. Although, be aware of simply copying & rather use the output to modify and expand your research base.

Referencing

ChatGPT can help you reference properly and convert references from one format to another. Excellent for making sure your reference list is concise and accurate.

Remember, ChatGPT is a great tool that you can use to your advantage as a student, ethically and within boundaries. It can help you overcome writers block and support the scaffolding of your essay.

Do you have any other tips for using ChatGPT within essay writing? Leave us a comment below.

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