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From Point to Paragraph

Paragraphing your points What is a Paragraph? A group of interrelated ideas a chunk of your interpretation focused around one key aspect of the text is made up of at least two points With quotations and supporting examples (PEEs), usually 3 or 4 for it to be a...

The Structure Of An Essay

The Structure of an essay The structure of an essay must be logical and persuasive. To develop your interpretation of the text (and question), your essay must organise all supporting ideas, evidence, examples, analysis and discussion into points and paragraphs. your...

Point. Evidence. Analysis.

Point.  Evidence. Analysis. Get the point? You might have heard of the following k PEA POINT, EVIDENCE, ANALYSIS k PEE POINT, EVIDENCE, EXPLANATION k PQE POINT, QUOTATION, EXPLANATION k PQC POINT, QUOTATION, COMMENT k CER CLAIM, EVIDENCE,...

Supercharging your Verbs

SupercharGING YOUR VERBS Here is an example of a verb continuum Now watch what happens when the verb is changed in the following thesis statement Wells IS using this passage to show the dangers of human ignorance and arrogance… Wells USES this passage to...

Answering the Question

  Answering The  Question If there’s a question you have to answer it….. and explicitly Let’s look at an example Keeping the question in mind, look at these two (partial) introductions: How does the poet   show different  types of suffering?...

Introduction

What’s an introduction for? The introduction should lay the foundations for what follows, by: Mentioning the title, creator, and text type  Putting the text in context Outlining the main    ‘events’ of the text Stating your main interpretation: the...