Answering an Essay Style Question

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Answering an Essay Style Question
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Structuring An Essay

• (Beginning) introduction
• Here you set out by defining the key words in the
  title and set out where you are going in your
  essay.
• (middle) the main body
• Here you do the main discussion of your essay
• 3. (end) conclusion
• Here you conclude your essay by making a reason
  supported judgement.

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Question

• Discuss the costs and benefits of different
  groups using a national park

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Step 1 find out what the question is asking.
There are two arguments to this essay

• Discuss the costs and benefits of different
  groups using a national park

Negative outcomes
Positive outcomes
With reference to different groups.
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Step 2 Do an essay plan.

• Paragraph 1
• Set out the two arguments you are trying to make
  in the essay.
• Name the groups you are going to be looking at, 3
  or 4 groups and state how they use the park.
• Paragraph 2
• This paragraph looks at the benefits
• Go through each group ( SAME GROUPS AS NAMED IN
  THE INTRODUCTION) explaining the benefits to the
  park, support your argument with examples where
  you can.

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Essay plan (continued)

• Paragraph 3
• This paragraph looks at the costs
• Go through each group explaining the costs to the
  park support your argument with examples where
  you can.
• Paragraph 4 conclusion
• Here you are trying to conclude the essay.
• You need to make a judgement, if overall groups
  using the park do more harm or good. E.g. Overall
  tourists benefit a national park more than they
  harm it.
• Give a reason or reasons to support your
  argument.
• Consider each group you have considered in your
  essay by making an overall conclusion on each
  one.

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Plan diagram.
Start here
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Step 3 Write.

• Write your essay using your notes to help you.