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Understanding of topic and issues within

Answer question and wider context


Apply understand with theories to support
Original thought
Valid arguments supported by evidence and examples
Logical Strucutre and paragraphs
Clear objective writing style
Break question down
Coming up with an answer before writing the essay
Targeted reading and using evidence:
Start from your own ideas
Identify what you want to find out
Be selective
Read actively
Use your evidence to support your ideas not replace them
Model of a paragraph:
Make your point: 1st sentence
Support point with evidence
Interpret your evidence
Link you point back to your question
Structuring Essay:
Identifying your main message
Planning to order your points
Group similar ideas/notes together
Find main messages from consistency in notes
Put notes in logical order
Role of introduction and conclusion
Intro: what essay question about, why important, how I'm going to
answer the question
Conc: summarise key points with final answer to question that all
key point contribute to
Clear paragraphs
Academic Writing Style:
First edit:
Highlight main point in each paragraph
Check it answers question with evidence

Are points in most logical order


Are signpost words used
Am I covering what I said I would
Does the intro and outdo show this
Is the abstract correct
Proof Read:
Spot for errors
Typos and spelling mistakes
Grammar and punctuation
Exacerbate commas
Look out for missing and incomplete references

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