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It is very important that
you read and understand the question because failure to do this will mean
not providing a suitable answer and poor performance. You have to follow
these basic steps.
- read and understand what information
the question requires you to provide and how to do this.
- pay particular attention to and
underline direction/key/action words and check their meaning to clarify
your thinking. These words tell you what to do. Let us look at some
of the keywords you are most likely to
find in the essay questions.
- Create a mind map of the essay question
- Brainstorm ( ask yourself what you
know about the topic or question
- Establish a tentative structure
(this is how you think your ideas and information will flow and paragraphs
follow each other; do not worry much at this stage, this is bound
to change as you go along and as you research).
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