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melodamn:
How do you structure the major work??
Would there be an introduction plus three chapters (how many chapters)?????

Pls help (I am so lost)

katie,rinos:

--- Quote from: melodamn on January 05, 2018, 01:16:25 am ---How do you structure the major work??
Would there be an introduction plus three chapters (how many chapters)?????

Pls help (I am so lost)

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Hey,
Mine didn't have any chapters. It was a longer 2500 word essay (as well as the logbooks, bibliography, source analysis and synopsis).
My essay ended up having an Intro, 7 body paragraphs (some were smaller then others) and a conclusion. However, there isn't really a set amount of paragraphs that you need to write and it depends upon your points/arguments.
Hope this helps :D

sudodds:

--- Quote from: melodamn on January 05, 2018, 01:16:25 am ---How do you structure the major work??
Would there be an introduction plus three chapters (how many chapters)?????

Pls help (I am so lost)

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To add onto what katie said, there really is not "set" way to structure the major work. Not only is it individual to your school (as your teacher is marking you, not an external NESA examiner), but also to you and your own project.

At my school, our synopsis could be our introduction, thus I didn't have an introduction included within my 2500 words (however I know other schools don't allow this). I'm assuming you mean paragraphs rather than chapters? I've never heard of a school allowing chapters or headings, however if that is something that your school expects then ignore me :)

My project was structured this way (does not mean it has to be a guide for your own, just to demonstrate the variety, considering mine was different to Katie's).

Synopsis/Intro - 300 words not included in the 2500 of the essay.
Two large paragraphs (indented so that it was still legible, I treated my essays as a paragraph per major idea or issue, as I only had two that I just explored in depth, that meant two large paragraphs)
Conclusion

As katie said, the way you structure your essay will be individual to you and your project. If it takes 2/3/5/11 paragraphs to explain what you want then that's all good, as long as they are paragraphs of substance :)

Hope this helps,

Susie

melodamn:

--- Quote from: sudodds on January 08, 2018, 06:09:23 pm ---To add onto what katie said, there really is not "set" way to structure the major work. Not only is it individual to your school (as your teacher is marking you, not an external NESA examiner), but also to you and your own project.

At my school, our synopsis could be our introduction, thus I didn't have an introduction included within my 2500 words (however I know other schools don't allow this). I'm assuming you mean paragraphs rather than chapters? I've never heard of a school allowing chapters or headings, however if that is something that your school expects then ignore me :)

My project was structured this way (does not mean it has to be a guide for your own, just to demonstrate the variety, considering mine was different to Katie's).

Synopsis/Intro - 300 words not included in the 2500 of the essay.
Two large paragraphs (indented so that it was still legible, I treated my essays as a paragraph per major idea or issue, as I only had two that I just explored in depth, that meant two large paragraphs)
Conclusion

As katie said, the way you structure your essay will be individual to you and your project. If it takes 2/3/5/11 paragraphs to explain what you want then that's all good, as long as they are paragraphs of substance :)

Hope this helps,

Susie

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HELLO, I forgot I wrote this post! Sorry for late reply!

Thank you both for your very clear answers!! I was very confused on "structure"- my teacher never told us anything on structure, and so I assumed it would be like my society and culture major report, which has three chapters with different themes. So sorry for the confusion! I definitely get what I'm supposed to do now. Thanks!  :-*

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