AS Communication and Culture Essay Structure

How to construct your essay based on Identity

Even though we have only completed a couple of weeks on the course,you should now be in a position to attempt an Examination question based on the concept of identity. Doing this will introduce you to the requirements of the written assessment used on this course, and your finished essay will give the teacher an indication of your ability to express your ideas in writing.

How To Construct Your Answer: 
You need to keep your writing Coherent, and you need to ensure you are meeting the assessment objectives. Here's a possible paragraph structure which will help you do this.

• The first sentence should Refer to the question,explaining one aspect of the argument made. The first sentence also makes a point. This part is really important- your paragraph must be saying something, making a point which hopefully agrees or disagrees with the point made in the original statement ( depending on what you were asked to do)

• The second Sentence could introduce the theoretical concept or key concept you are using to support the point you are making. The whole theory is not explained in detail,it is only referred to, and made to link to the examples being used.

• The third sentence might be a specific example. The example is real, something that actually happens and it illustrates the theory or key concept,as well as illustrating the point being made.

• The fourth sentence can sum up the point, to put it in another way and to hammer it home.

As you only have a short amount of time (about twenty minutes) to write the essay, you will only be able to write Four or Five of these paragraphs in the whole essay. Make sure that all the way through your essay you are directly referring to a number of the key concepts. Introductions and Conclusions should be Brief.