FURTHER GUIDELINES criteria for a good assignment: good understanding of key concepts and ideas some imagination and originality development of argument so that the whole assignment hangs together. When you write your assignment, consider the following: Before you begin, work out on paper a detailed outline of the structure of your assignment and the arguments you will develop. In the introduction, you should set out your main themes and intentions: describe the issue you are addressing, identify its main components, and indicate what you are going to do in the body of your essay. Break down your arguments into main parts - use this as a basis of your assignment that will then be divided up into several sections (you may want to have section title for each section). Build up your argument point-bypoint, section-bysection, so that you develop a picture that slowly develops in the reader's mind. Always try to put yourself in the position of a critical reader, ask yourself how s/he would react to your assignment, how s/he would understand it, be persuaded by it. Do not simply describe the ideas you're dealing with, provide a critical evaluation. Summarise your arguments in a conclusion. What is the main significance of what you have been saying