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ESSAY. HOW TO. A SIMPLE PROCEDURE. ASK YOURSELF WHAT THE QUESTION WANTS TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC HOW TO PUT IT INTO WORDS FOR ESSAYS. HINTS. for INTERPRETING an ESSAY QUESTION. READ THE QUESTION. AND, REREAD ESSAY QUESTION REREAD THE ESSAY QUESTION AGAIN.

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  1. ESSAY HOW TO

  2. A SIMPLE PROCEDURE ASK YOURSELF • WHAT THE QUESTION WANTS TO KNOW • WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC • HOW TO PUT IT INTO WORDS FOR ESSAYS

  3. HINTS for INTERPRETING an ESSAY QUESTION

  4. READ THE QUESTION AND, REREAD ESSAY QUESTION REREAD THE ESSAY QUESTION AGAIN

  5. Break down the questionhow many parts to the question are there????? This will format your essay!!

  6. Task words *(key words) for INTERPRETING the ESSAY QUESTION

  7. *(key words) Task words for INTERPRETING the ESSAY QUESTION Defend or refute Analyze Evaluate Assess the validity

  8. EXPANDED VERSION • Defend or refute • Argue for or against a specific statement by framing as essay that uses FACTUAL SUPPORT • Analyze • Examine in detail; determine the relationships; explain • Evaluate • JUDGE THE WORTH OF; discuss advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses • Assess the validity • Judge the value of; DETERMINE THE TRUTH

  9. More (KEY WORDS) a/k/a Task words To what extent and in what ways Compare Contrast Explain Discuss Describe Identify

  10. MORE OF THE EXPANDED VERSION • To what extent and in what ways • How and how much; the range over which something extends (how far reaching); scope; the point, degree or limit to which something reaches; MAGNITUDE • Compare • Examine for similarities • Contrast • Show differences • Compare and Contrast • Examine the similarities and show differences

  11. And, MORE OF THE EXPANDED VERSION • Explain • Make clear or plain; tell the meaning of, the cause, the reason for; make known in detail; • Discuss • Consider various points of view; write about; examine by argument • Describe • Tell about; offer an account or a word picture • Identify • Cite specific events and phenomena, and show the connection

  12. Underline or List the key wordsINTERPRETING the ESSAY QUESTION

  13. Write down What you know about the ESSAY QUESTION ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND(ABOUT THE ESSAY) PRE-WRITE

  14. YOUR THOUGHTS YOUR THOUGHTS AN OUTLINE OR A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ORGANIZE

  15. CAPITALIZE Proper Nouns

  16. Do not WRITE IN FIRST PERSON THE USE OF I

  17. A SIMPLE PROCEDURE ASK YOURSELF • WHAT DOES THE QUESTION WANT TO KNOW • WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC • HOW DO YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS

  18. ENOUGH DON’T FORGET A CONCLUSION! or

  19. THE ESSAY QUESTION EXPLAIN HOW THE REIGNS OF Henry IV of FRANCE AND ELIZABETH I of ENGLAND WERE SIMILAR. AND, HOW THE REIGN OF PHILIP II of SPAIN DIFFERED FROM ELIZABETH I AND HENRY IV. LET’S BREAK IT DOWN

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