When people say "don't reword the question" what do they mean? (1 Viewer)

[Socialism]

When people say "don't reword the question" what do they mean? don't you usually start an essay by 'answering' the question by basically rewording it? can someone clarify this?

 

[MoonMonster196884]

When people say "don't reword the question" what do they mean? don't you usually start an essay by 'answering' the question by basically rewording it? can someone clarify this?

dont use the terms in the qn

 

[liamkk112]

When people say "don't reword the question" what do they mean? don't you usually start an essay by 'answering' the question by basically rewording it? can someone clarify this?

you shouldn't reword the question, you should instead provide a perspective on it or just directly answer it.

eg, for the question "are banana exports a significant part of australia's economy?" a good start would be "banana exports are a significant part of australia's economy because..." because you directly address your perspective on the question and immediately go into detail in your response afterwards, that's a perfectly fine and formal response to the question. when people say don't reword the question they usually are saying to directly use the terms in the question and address them, because if you mess around with the question itself then sometimes you won't properly answer it. so for the question before, a response like "australia's economy has a reliance on banana exports because..." wouldn't necessarily be as good of an answer because now you've switched the question from how significant banana exports are to australia's economy to if australia's economy needs banana exports to survive, even though it's just a minor rewording. bc of that usually, it's just a good idea to stick with the question's wording and use the terms already provided to you, and it also saves you time and makes responses more succinct