Essay · Subtopic
Orderly organization of ideas
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
Orderly organization makes the reader able to follow why one idea follows another. Chronology, scale, cause-and-effect and thesis–objection–response are possible structures, each serving different prompts.
Key ideas
- introduction
- section sequence
- transition
- conclusion