How to read an essay question?

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  1. hard to read an essay question.
  2. Well, first of all, you have to take your time
  3. when you read an essay question like this, how did
  4. a tiny politically suspect?
  5. Really, just the intergroup become the dominant religion of the
  6. roman world.
  7. It is tempting to start your research right away and
  8. write your essay as quickly as possible.
  9. But this is wrong.
  10. You have to resist this temptation because an essay question
  11. can be misunderstood.
  12. It can be misunderstood in an in finite number of
  13. ways. For example, this one is not about why Christianity
  14. is better than any other religion or why Christianity became
  15. the most important region worldwide.
  16. No, it is about the different factors that contributed to
  17. the importance of Christianity in the roman world.
  18. So take your time, meditate on the S.
  19. A fashion.
  20. How do you do this?
  21. Well, first of all, you have to read the context
  22. very often you do have a context, some explanatory notes
  23. by the tutor provided to the essay question.
  24. In this case, the tutor of uh the unit in
  25. which we use this essay question provided this explanation.
  26. Using primary and secondary sources, assess the key factors contributing
  27. to Christianity's rise to prominence in the first five centuries.
  28. So if you read it carefully, we recognize that the
  29. tutor clarifies what he means by the roman world, the
  30. first five centuries after christ.
  31. So read the essay question in context, then you have
  32. to recognize the keywords in the essay questions.
  33. So I highlighted some of these key words that um
  34. we start with a tiny religious group.
  35. And the question is about how this tiny religious group
  36. becomes a dominant religion in the roman world, right?
  37. You have to make sure that you understand the key
  38. words. So you understand that this tiny religious group refers
  39. to Christianity.
  40. You have to understand what the roman world words refer
  41. to. Do.
  42. These words refer to the city or from or to
  43. the roman empire or to the part of the world
  44. that was influenced by the roman empire.
  45. Somehow you have to find out the precise meaning of
  46. these words Now.
  47. Besides keywords, you also have to pay attention to what
  48. we call process words.
  49. These are the words which describe the process that you
  50. are supposed to do.
  51. Like hear the word assess is such a process word.
  52. Now, next to this short video, you will find the
  53. document which lists a number of process words and gives
  54. you the definition, the description of these processes always make
  55. sure that you understand what exactly your task is in
  56. an essay by analyzing these process words then you have
  57. to define the limits of an essay question.
  58. You have to recognize that you should write only about
  59. the first five centuries and don't go beyond that or
  60. don't analyze the birth of Christianity by discussing the old
  61. testament in length, you have to recognize that you have
  62. to focus on the roman empire.
  63. You have to recognize that you have to focus on
  64. the process and not the nature of how Christianity grew
  65. within the roman empire and not feeling about the nature
  66. of Christianity.
  67. You see, you have to recognize all those things that
  68. you should not write about.
  69. At least not in detail.
  70. You have to find the limitations of your topic.
  71. Then try to paraphrase eyes your essay question.
  72. It always helps you to understand your essay question if
  73. you are able to express it in your own words.
  74. So for example, here we have this essay question, how
  75. did the tiny politically suspect reach a splinter group become
  76. the dominant religion of the roman world?
  77. This is my paraphrase what factors contributed to making Christianity
  78. the most influential religion in the roman empire.
  79. Try to come up with your own paraphrase when you
  80. read an essay question, it always helps understanding, then ask
  81. questions. Don't forget that you are not on your own
  82. with your essay question use you're killed her.
  83. Once you've done your paraphrase, send your paraphrase to your
  84. tutor and ask him or her very whether they are
  85. satisfied with your paraphrase or ask questions about their essay
  86. question, the roman word.
  87. Dear tutor, how am I supposed to understand the phrase
  88. roman world?
  89. Does it refer to the city or from or to
  90. the part of the world that was influenced by the
  91. roman empire?
  92. What's the roman empire and what you mean by by
  93. a splinter group here and how would you define primary
  94. and secondary resources.
  95. You can ask anything from your twitter.
  96. There is no such thing as a bad question And
  97. finally keep your focus as you are working on your
  98. essay, write your essay question down on a piece of
  99. paper, keep that piece of paper on your desk and
  100. once or twice every day as you are doing your
  101. research. And as you are working on your essay, read
  102. and re read that?
  103. S a title because we human beings usually lose focus
  104. with drift away as we keep thinking about the topic.
  105. It's always helpful to remind yourself of the focus of
  106. your essay because everything in your essay should somehow contribute
  107. to responding to your essay question.
  108. If you can follow these these steps in analyzing us
  109. a question and concentrating on your essay question, I'm sure
  110. that you will be able to write wonderful essays.
  111. Thank you very much.