Essay · Subtopic
Concise expression
Official syllabus
Essay: Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion, and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.
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What this covers
Concise writing removes needless repetition while retaining qualifications that change the meaning. A short sentence can still be vague; brevity is not the only goal.
Key ideas
- sentence purpose
- redundancy
- compression
- precision