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How to Write an Area of Study Essay
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: epherbertson on April 24, 2017, 01:52:06 pm ---Hi,
I am seriously struggling to come up with some strong ideas for this essay question:
“As well as enlightening, discoveries can be confronting.”
I seem to be circling around the same idea in which an unexpected discovery has the ability to alter and craft a reviewed psychological and spiritual revelation of self purpose.
My prescribed is Life of Pi and related is Ozymandias by PBS.
Any help is appreciated
:) Emily
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I really like the idea you are tossing around!! I'd try and simplify it a tad though - At its core, you are saying that unexpected discoveries can significantly change an individuals sense of self. And that is a really cool concept!! Keeping it simple to start is almost always the way to go. Some things you could explore in more depth to form your paragraphs:
- The positive vs negative ramifications of unexpected discoveries
- The role of the individual in unexpected discovery, do they embrace it or do they resist it?
- Any barriers that must be overcome to truly benefit from unexpected discoveries
- Unexpected vs expected discoveries - Which causes the greater revelation? Why?
I'd be basing my arguments around the fact that is it the unexpected discoveries that are the most confronting, but that being confronting is what makes them so powerful ;D
epherbertson:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on April 24, 2017, 04:58:30 pm ---I really like the idea you are tossing around!! I'd try and simplify it a tad though - At its core, you are saying that unexpected discoveries can significantly change an individuals sense of self. And that is a really cool concept!! Keeping it simple to start is almost always the way to go. Some things you could explore in more depth to form your paragraphs:
- The positive vs negative ramifications of unexpected discoveries
- The role of the individual in unexpected discovery, do they embrace it or do they resist it?
- Any barriers that must be overcome to truly benefit from unexpected discoveries
- Unexpected vs expected discoveries - Which causes the greater revelation? Why?
I'd be basing my arguments around the fact that is it the unexpected discoveries that are the most confronting, but that being confronting is what makes them so powerful ;D
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Thank you so much. This really helped!!!
Mockingjay:
THANK YOU HEAPS!!! Really Helpful
epherbertson:
Hi,
Just wondering if you guys had any guidelines towards how many ideas that should be included in an AOS essay in order to be in the high band 6 range. Just struggling a bit to determine whether I have done enough with my essay.
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: epherbertson on April 30, 2017, 10:01:54 pm ---Hi,
Just wondering if you guys had any guidelines towards how many ideas that should be included in an AOS essay in order to be in the high band 6 range. Just struggling a bit to determine whether I have done enough with my essay.
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Hey epherbertson!! So there really are multiple paths to your destination in this scenario. One conceptual idea, really picked apart and delved into properly, can easily get 15/15. Equally, a group of ideas explored cleverly and related logically can also easily get 15/15. There's no magic formula of how the detail gets there, as long as it is there ;D
Personally, I always chose to look at one group of conceptual ideas - I did Belonging, so I'd do like, 'barriers to belonging,' for example. In each paragraph I'd take an aspect of that concept and break it down, show how it is shown in the texts - Usually with three paragraphs. But each to their own, I've seen Band 6 essays doing all sorts of different things conceptually ;D would love for others to chime in with what they've found works well for them :)
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