How do you approach the 40 mark essay?

We will go through dividing up the essay - explaining the content required in each section. It is always important to have a conceise introduction outlining your argument, with the conclusion relating back to it!

These long essay questions require synopticity to gain the highest marks. We will look at ways to approcach the question synoptically, bringing in information from other areas of the course. 

Facts and figures! These are to be used in the main body of the essay and we will look at how to integrate them into your writing in order to back up your argument. 

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