Puzzles assignment (due 20 April 2023)

This is a 2000-word assignment due on 20 April 2023, 11:55pm, worth 50% of your final grade.

Please submit three puzzles from those given out to you during the term, as follows:

1 puzzle out of puzzles 1, 2 and 3, and

1 puzzle out of puzzles 4, 5 and 6, and

1 puzzle out of puzzles 7 and 8

The three puzzles you submit do not need to form a coherent whole (most likely, they won’t), so you shouldn’t write an essay for this assignment. Instead, you should provide three independent answers. Each answer should be 600-700 words of prose (trees, definitions, diagrams or examples do not count towards the word count).

If you use something from the handouts provided throughout the term (you should!), just reference that as “Handout N” (for example, “Handout 3” if the tools you use in your answer were introduced there).

You must type your assignment.

You must submit your assignment as a .pdf file.

Attach a School-provided cover sheet to your work. This coversheet needs to be added to your work so that together the cover sheet and your work form one and only one file. The same applies to disability statements, if any.

Use your student number to name your file. Do not include your name anywhere on your assignment, just your student number on the cover sheet.

Extensions and extenuating circumstances

Extensions to the deadline must be requested following the procedure set out for Extenuating Circumstances in the Undergraduate Student Handbook, available from the School's QMPlus landing page.

Plagiarism

You are reminded that plagiarism, that is, using someone else’s words or ideas without attributing them to that person (including another student or yourself), is a serious examination offence. It can result in your expulsion from the College. By handing in this coursework you acknowledge that it represents your own, unaided work and that you have appropriately acknowledged all sources. For more information, check the Undergraduate Student Handbook, available on the School's QMPlus landing page.

Turnitin originality report

Upon submitting your assignment, you will be able to see a similarity index and an originality report. This is to help you cite properly and avoid plagiarism. The report must be considered in light of these remarks, otherwise it will not be useful to you.

If you are unhappy with your essay, you can re-submit it as many times as you want until the due date and time. You should be aware that, for re-submissions, there might be a 24 hour delay on generating the similarity index and originality report.