How To Structure An Essay

Whatever your examination board, the longer essay questions always require students to Evaluate. Many students try and make the mistake of evaluating at the end of their essay - this is not advisable. You should evaluate as you go along. However in order to evaluate, we need to know what evaluation actually mean. To evaluate means to judge the point you have made. Ask yourself the following questions: . To what extent is the point that I have just made valid? . Are there any conditions or circumstances under which the point that I have made likely to make my point invalid? . Are there counter arguments against the point I have made? . What would someone who always wants to argue with me say with regards to the point I have just made?

Once you have come up with an answer to the above questions, you should write one paragraph IMMEDIATELY after the point that you have made. Therefore good Economics essays tend to be written in the following format:

» Introduction : . 1st Point then evaluation of 1st point . 2nd Point then evaluation of 2nd point . 3rd Point then evaluation of 3rd point . 4th Point then evaluation of 4th point . Reasoned Judgement