Standard essay writing guide and tools
There are two animations in this chapter that are tools to help you plan and write your essays. These are the Brainstorm tool and the Essay writer Alternatively you can print this chapter and refer to the chapters for help on how to fill out the essay writing guide.
| The Question (for more details refer to Chapter 2) | |||
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Record the Question here: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
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| Does this question ask you to: (Circle the appropriate answer) | |||
| Explain | Describe | Analyse | Assess |
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Examine Identify |
Contrast Discuss |
Compare Compare |
Evaluate Compare |
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Using one of the words from above, what is ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
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| The marking guidelines (for more details refer to Chapter 2) |
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What do the marking guidelines ask you to demonstrate :_______________________________________________ 1 ______________________________________________ 2 ______________________________________________ 3 ______________________________________________ 4 ______________________________________________ 5 ______________________________________________ 6 ______________________________________________ 7 ______________________________________________ 8 ______________________________________________
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| Combine your question and marking guidelines (for more details refer to Chapter 2) |
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What have you been asked to demonstrate : 1 ______________________________________________ 2 ______________________________________________ 3 ______________________________________________ 4 ______________________________________________ 5 ______________________________________________ 6 ______________________________________________ 7 ______________________________________________ 8 ______________________________________________ keep this as a checklist, so that when you edit you can make sure that you have included all the necessary components. |
| Generate your ideas/brainstorm (for more details refer to Chapter 2) | ||||
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You can either use this brainstorm or a mindmap | ||||
| Aspect 1 | Aspect 2 | Aspect 3 | Aspect 4 | Aspect 5 |
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| Organise ideas/plan (for more details refer to Chapter 2) |
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Choose topics/paragraphs : 1 ______________________________________________ 2 ______________________________________________ 3 ______________________________________________ 4 ______________________________________________ 5 ______________________________________________ 6 ______________________________________________ 7 ______________________________________________ 8 ______________________________________________
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| Choose thesis (for more details refer to Chapter 3) |
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What are the common factors between topics? : 1 ______________________________________________ 2 ______________________________________________ 3 ______________________________________________ 4 ______________________________________________ 5 ______________________________________________ 6 ______________________________________________ 7 ______________________________________________ 8 ______________________________________________ Write a thesis statement by referring these factors to the question and guidelines. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
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| Choose a structure by ordering your topics according to your thesis (details refer to Chapter 3) |
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1 ______________________________________________ 2 ______________________________________________ 3 ______________________________________________ 4 ______________________________________________ 5 ______________________________________________ 6 ______________________________________________
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| Detailed plan (for more details refer to Chapter 4) |
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Your detailed plan should look something like this: INTRODUCTION
PARAGRAPH ONE Main idea: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Topic sentence 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Supporting points/evidence/elaboration: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Linking sentences: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ PARAGRAPH TWO Main idea: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Topic sentence 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Supporting points/evidence/elaboration: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Linking sentences: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ PARAGRAPH THREE Main idea: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Topic sentence 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Supporting points/evidence/elaboration: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Linking sentences: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ PARAGRAPH FOUR Main idea: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Topic sentence 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Supporting points/evidence/elaboration: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Linking sentences: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ PARAGRAPH FIVE Main idea: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Topic sentence 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Supporting points/evidence/elaboration: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Linking sentences: 1 _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ CONCLUSION
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