Writing a Module 1 Essay Tips Main Idea and Writers Purpose

0:01 hello everyone today we're going to take a look at tips to writing the perfect Cape module one essay this has been adopted from the CXC report so we're gonna have a look at the main point and the writer's purpose first next we're going to take a look at language strategies then we'll take a brief look at how to analyze within your essay how to organize your essay and encouragement for you to watch the Sister video for additional information taking a deeper look at the main point and the writer's purpose is very important it's really really necessary for you to understand the difference between the two do not get them confused

0:48 and do not confuse how they are to be stated also make sure that you are developing the idea behind the main point fully and that you do not State the incorrect writer's purpose which are common errors that students will make if you can understand and identify these Concepts then you are on your way to satisfying one third of the essay requirements according to the CXC report students are being getting confused between the writer's main point and the writer's purpose in order to make sure that you are developing this properly make sure

1:33 that you are writing sufficient information um when you're answering the questions here are some tips for distinguishing the main idea and understanding the writing the writer's purpose intention and intent so the main point or the main idea is what the writer is really writing about this is the idea that's coming out from what you're reading it is maybe it could be one sentence if it's a short passage but the longer the passage is the more likely that you're going to need two or three separate sentences in order to

2:18 fully capture the main point or idea this is typically going to include um a main point yes but also what does the writer think of this main point and how has the the writer concluded that we should respond to this main point so that may or may not be contained in the passage but it is your responsibility to be able to read the passage and extract these critical ideas to correctly State the main point you should make sure that you are answering

3:05 it correctly the main point is never stated by using a verb it's never gonna be the main point of this passage is to inform no no no no no no if you start off like that then everything that follows will be considered Incorrect and you're not going to get points for that answer the main point or the main idea is never to do something the main point is that students have a problem answering the module one essay this is how it would be expressed it's not expressed in terms of an action The Writer's purpose or intent is very

3:52 critical all writers write with a purpose or an intent in mind and really mean the writers want to shift or write the reader's point point of view from point A to point B so how do you identify this well or how do you state this when you're writing your essays is always stated as a verb it is what the writer wants to happen as a result of your reading the piece so you're going to go ahead and say that the writer wants to inform the reader of to entertain the reader to criticize to argue that or to convince or persuade readers that so this is these are the

4:39 statements these are the verb action statements that go along with for example to inform the reader meaning that it was an expository piece or to convince persuade readers means that it is a persuasive piece so it is so important for you to understand the main idea and also to recognize that organizational strategies can be mixed with inner writing without within a piece of writing so there is going to be one controlling organizational strategy which relates to the main purpose and then there may be supplemental or

5:26 supporting strategies that the writer will use but those are not to be confused you have got to separate and clearly understand what the main purpose is separate from supporting strategies that they may use and that is the end of how to write an excellent Cape essay thank you very much for listening good luck