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How to answer an essay question

How to answer an essay question . Or… how to write an “Analytical essay” for English. First – find the essay question….

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How to answer an essay question

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  1. How to answer an essay question Or… how to write an “Analytical essay” for English

  2. First – find the essay question… “Texts deal with communities or cultures that are navigating the breakdown of traditional values and structures and searching for certainties in rituals, relationships and individual identity.” In what ways does this statement manifest itself in Othello?

  3. The “main” question… • In what ways does this statement manifest itself in Othello?

  4. STEP 2 – UNPACK THE QUESTION • UN-PACK THE STATEMENT: • communities or cultures = • Navigating = • Breakdown = • traditional values = • Structures (in society) = • searching for certainties = • Rituals = • Relationships = • individual identity =

  5. STEP 3 – REWRITE THE QUESTION IN THE FULL… PLAIN-ENGLISH… VERSION:

  6. STEP 4 – WRITE THE THESIS STATEMENT

  7. THESIS STATEMENT

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