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Essay writing stage...

1. Write an essay based on this map:

Drag this image onto the workspace to proceed.  You must be using the inbuilt browser in Rationale 1.3 or later.

Hints

• Use the map above even if already built one in the Big or Medium Challenges

• Write your essay in a word processing document

• Don't waste effort retyping claims: copy your entire map from the workspace and paste it directly into a word processing document.  Right click on the map and select 'copy' (not 'copy as image' or 'copy as bitmap') and a numbered text outline of the argument will appear when you click 'paste' in the word processing document.

• Remember the lessons we learned in set 6:
  • Order ideas logically to make the argument clear to your reader
  • Use signposting to tell the reader where the argument is going
  • Use indicator words to flag whether claims are positions, reasons or objections
• Use the new material you learned at the start of set 12:
  • Reflect basis box information in your essay
  • Show copremise structures in prose
  • Report argument evaluations and tell the reader why you have assessed the basis, claim, reason, objection, or position in the way you have

2. Check your essay against our model answer.

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