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Essay writing approaches
Analyzing the type of question
agree or disagree type that asks you for your opinion
Understanding the question
the question demands that you talk about both continuous assessment and exams
Planning the essayOrganizing paragraphs
intro: both exams and continuous assessment have points in their favour
para 1: reasons why exams work (objective) (motivation to study) (preparation for life)
para 2: reasons why continuous assessment works (good for young kids) (good for skills based subjects) (rewards hard work)
conclusion: both can work – perhaps they should be used together
Structuring paragraphs Introduction
keep it shortwrite no more than two or three
sentences connect your introduction and title use synonyms to paraphrase the rubricoutline your position
The language to use
start with clarifying that there are several arguments that you will be putting forward
There are several arguments why… There are a number of different reasons
why… There are at least three points that can be
made in favour of …..
Structuring content paragraphs
para 1: explain: Are you arguing in favour or against?
para 2: add to or contradict the points made in the previous paragraph
para 1: say that you are going to make a number of different arguments
para 2: say that there are counterarguments
The language to use
do not just go ”firstly”, “secondly”, “thirdly”, use varied language
The most important argument is… Another point that can be made is… A second reason why… There is also the idea that… The next argument is…
The language to use
use various techniques paragraphs have almost the same structure the only difference is the language and
writing technique the author doesn’t do the counting thing,
instead he says: There are still occasions
which is the same idea really
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