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Finalist Structure Quiz

This quiz is designed to reiterate some of the key points good structure and its importance to your essays. These skills will be particularly useful for your dissertation and will help you build your essays and dissertation on firm foundations by making sure you are delivering your argument with clarity and nuance. You are also welcome, and indeed encouraged, to take the previous year quiz if you would like a refresher, and you can take the quiz as many times as you like!

1. Good structure… (select all that apply)

2. Good structure is not… (select all that apply)

3. Key parts of an argument are… (select all that apply)

4. For a dissertation, good structure links to a strong argument because… (select all that apply)

5. An dissertation introduction should…

6. A dissertation conclusion should…

7. Good structure also means well structured sentences. Whilst this obviously varies based on writing style and your own original voice, well-structured sentences are generally clear and concise without compromising the sophistication of your argument or points. Below are four examples of some sentences all saying the same thing – which one do you think is most successful in getting the point across?
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