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The main thing to remember when writing a good essay is the audience that you are writing to. So often, it is easy to forget that you need to actively demonstrate your knowledge and understanding to the examiner - almost treating them like a dummy and not assuming that they will 'know what you mean' by things.
21 January 2013
Avoid the tendency to "suitcase" everything you know about a topic and splurge it on a page. Try to firstly identify your point/question - decode it - what does it require you to do? Examine or Assess? What type of assess question is it? A straight forward for and against one or one which requires you to compare/contrast arguments as well as criticise all the way through.
21 January 2013
Once you have decoded the question and have identified your first point - you need to decide what information is relevant to the question.
21 January 2013
The last thing you should do is to make a clear link back to the question -if you do this regularly you will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.
21 January 2013
Only include relevant information! Try to then link what you have just written to modern society - what topical examples suggest that your point is relevant/irrelevant or outdated - show the examiner that you can make these links to society.
21 January 2013
This is all about structure and getting the right balance of argument and content in there. Let me know if I can help you further.
22 January 2013
Just remember 60% is A01 and the rest is A02. In other words, evaluation and analysis are vital.
29 April 2016
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