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structure of module A essay (1 Viewer)
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jamesischool
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the structure i'm going on is
intro
text 1 idea 1
text 2 idea 1
linking paragraph about difference in contexts resulting in different views
rinse repeat idea 2
conclusion
although i'm finding that i might need to break the paragraphs up into
text 1 idea 1 part a
text 1 idea 1 part b
text 2 idea 1 part a
text 2 idea 1 part b
although this might be too long :/
intro
text 1 idea 1
text 2 idea 1
linking paragraph about difference in contexts resulting in different views
rinse repeat idea 2
conclusion
although i'm finding that i might need to break the paragraphs up into
text 1 idea 1 part a
text 1 idea 1 part b
text 2 idea 1 part a
text 2 idea 1 part b
although this might be too long :/
jamesischool
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haha yea thats my problem :/ i can write an essay but 40 minutes is definitely not enough time for me to even deal with two ideas in the depth that i'd like. i wish they'd make section II 3 hours
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Personally our class last year structured it as:
- Text 1 Idea 1
- Text 2 Idea 1 (incl. how it shapes/reshapes text 1 idea 1 - i.e. comparison/contrast)
- Text 1 Idea 2
- Text 2 Idea 2 (incl. how it shapes/reshapes text 1 idea 2 - i.e. comparison/contrast)
The other top class' teacher recommended that it be structured as:
- Text 1 Idea 1
- Text 2 Idea 1
- Texts together idea 1 how they shape/reshape each other - comparison/contrast
- Text 1 Idea 2
- Text 2 Idea 2
- Texts together idea 2 how they shape/reshape each other - comparison/contrast
I know some of my friends found that a bit demanding though and reverted to the first structure - which is also the one I used. It's pretty clear structure-wise, similar to a belonging essay where you talk about your core, then related + links back to the core, etc.
P.S. If you're doing PP/LTA, they expect at least 2 ideas (e.g. marriage, education) - probably the same for other texts too, not sure, but it'd be pretty narrow to just discuss the one thing esp for PP/LTA.
- Text 1 Idea 1
- Text 2 Idea 1 (incl. how it shapes/reshapes text 1 idea 1 - i.e. comparison/contrast)
- Text 1 Idea 2
- Text 2 Idea 2 (incl. how it shapes/reshapes text 1 idea 2 - i.e. comparison/contrast)
The other top class' teacher recommended that it be structured as:
- Text 1 Idea 1
- Text 2 Idea 1
- Texts together idea 1 how they shape/reshape each other - comparison/contrast
- Text 1 Idea 2
- Text 2 Idea 2
- Texts together idea 2 how they shape/reshape each other - comparison/contrast
I know some of my friends found that a bit demanding though and reverted to the first structure - which is also the one I used. It's pretty clear structure-wise, similar to a belonging essay where you talk about your core, then related + links back to the core, etc.
P.S. If you're doing PP/LTA, they expect at least 2 ideas (e.g. marriage, education) - probably the same for other texts too, not sure, but it'd be pretty narrow to just discuss the one thing esp for PP/LTA.
jamesischool
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i'm probably doing love and hope for mine (gatsby and browning). i like the idea of doing the comparison in the end of the 2nd text but it seems like you wouldn't be able to make as big a section out of it? since you'd be like 'as seen in both text 1 and text 2, the distinctive contexts bla bla bla difference bla bla bla similarity' which you could make a paragraph out of anyway?