GP A&E (Part 1)

This is the first part of (hopefully) a series of FAQ to trouble-shoot problems regarding GP.

Help! My head is sore from bumming against the glass ceiling!

There are some students who have been scoring around 30/50 for a while now. They might need to work on...

Solution 1: Style
If you learn how to recognize matters of style in your writing, you will have more control over your writing—the way someone reads your paper will be a result of choices you have made. If those choices are deliberate, you'll have more control over how the reader reacts to your argument.

The five Features of Effective Writing are:
1. focus,
2. organization,
3. support and elaboration,
4. style
5. conventions of language i.e. grammar.

For more information, click on:
Common stylistic problems: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/style.html

Solution 2: Developing issues
After mastering question analysis and learning relevant content, some essayists briefly touch on the main issue, leaving the examiner longing for more substance... and you for more marks...

For each step in the defense of your argument, you will need to provide sufficient
evidence and an analysis of that evidence.

You also need to analyze the evidence—that is, explain clearly to your readers exactly how the evidence you have offered supports your argument. Show the readers the connection to your central point, answering the question of why your thesis is valid or plausible.

For more information, read the full article:
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/Writing/Writing_Center/Handouts/DevelopinganArgument.pdf

Solution 3: Introductions and Conclusions
First and last impressions matter.

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/studyskills/writtenassignments/page_10.htm