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The Conclusion of a "Discuss..." essay is also very important. Start with a signal, then summarise the reader of your main points. If you talked about 2 advantages, and 2 disadvantages in your Main Body, the teacher wants to see you repeat those 4 points in your conclusion. The teacher also wants to see some kind of opinion, solution or suggestion at the end of your conclusion. The Conclusion of a "Discuss..." essay is also very important. Start with a signal, then summarise the reader of your main points. If you talked about 2 advantages, and 2 disadvantages in your Main Body, the teacher wants to see you repeat those 4 points in your conclusion. The teacher also wants to see some kind of opinion, solution or suggestion at the end of your conclusion. The Conclusion of a "Discuss..." essay is also very important. Start with a signal, then summarise the reader of your main points. If you talked about 2 advantages, and 2 disadvantages in your Main Body, the teacher wants to see you repeat those 4 points in your conclusion. The teacher also wants to see some kind of opinion, solution or suggestion at the end of your conclusion. 'Plagiarism' means taking the words or ideas of other people and pretending they are your words or ideas. If you do this you might get a 'fail', or in some cases, you might lose your place in university. To make sure you don't do this, use quotations, paraphrases and summaries. If you use these three methods (quotations, paraphrases and summaries), you will avoid plagiarism, and your work may receive a much better score. |
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- Careful! Plagiarism gets you a big, fat FAIL |