Assignment writing is one of the academic tasks that make many students to feel uneasy whenever they have to do it. This is so primarily because each and every student understands that coming up with work that will impress your teachers, course instructors or even professors is not an easy task as it involves applying proficient writing skills. In order to produce a quality assignment, which is the wish and prayer of every student, you have first to understand what an assignment is. The term assignment is used in academic field to mean an elaboration of a particular research. This means that writing an assignment involves researching on a given topic so as to come up with more information about a given phenomenon. In the same breath, it is important to note that assignments take different shapes such as; project reports, lab reports, research essays, literature review, case analysis, reflective journals, book reviews, review of an article and many more. Writing assignment is therefore an art that every student who wishes to excel in academics should strive to master since the grades that you score in your assignments, contribute to your overall performance in a given course. There are some basic steps that ought to be followed in order to come up with top quality assignment. The very first step is to understand your assignment; this means that you have to be certain about what the question asks. Decoding the assignment question is therefore imperative and you can do this by paying attention to certain words in phrases in the question. Words that direct you on what to do when writing assignments such as describe, outline, discuss etc, should be highlighted or emphasized on. After you are certain about what your assignment requires you to do, the next step should be to research on your question. It is advisable that you use more than three credible resource materials so as to produce a high quality assignment that will earn you good marks. After you have gathered enough information about the topic under research, you are now set to start writing a rough draft. Your rough draft should include an outline of your assignment. An outline helps you to keep in mind all the ideas to include when writing assignment and this will give your work a coherent and logical structure. It is after you have written the rough draft that you can embark on revising your work, removing the irrelevant point and rearranging it to achieve logical flow of ideas. Some of the things to avoid when writing assignment include; you should not use “I” or “you” always keep your essay impersonal, not to fall too short or over-exceed the specified length of the assignment, you should maintain a ±10% of the specified length, also you should not use any other type of referencing style apart from the one specified by your institution or department, if the referencing style is not specified, it is advisable to use the Harvard referencing style since it is the most commonly used in many academic institution. Proofreading your work is of great importance so as to avoid submitting work that is full of structural mistakes or grammatical errors. Following these basic steps and the advice given by your teachers, course instructors or professors will help you produce a top quality assignment that will see you score good grades. It is also advisable that you make sure that you submit your work on time to avoid your work being totally rejected or being deducted some marks for the same.