Answering a question

The phrases in bold letters can serve as a checklist:

• What is asked? (==> Mark keywords)
• Mark / collect material from the text that will help you to answer your question
• Structure your material (related ideas/arguments, order of importance ...)
• Tense used in the question ==> Correct Tense of your answer?
• Good Introduction?
• Paragraphs with: thesis/topic sentence ==> supporting points ==> example ==> conclusion?
• Are the paragraphs linked well ==> is the line of argument o.k.?
• Does the answer really answer the question? Are the promises from the introduction kept?