Frame the project, i.e. what you intend to analyse in this essay to show your individual and original perspective on the text. - Introductory Paragraph, Describe the text as a construct making comments about why the text has been written and the context (social/ historical) in which it has been produced. - Introductory Paragraph, Include, in a succinct manner, the following: names of text and author and possibly dates of publication/performance, some brief explanation of text and brief consideration of the relevant themes and tone of the text. - Introductory Paragraph, establishing the basic facts of the text whilst employing a clear critical voice: this will immediately establish an academic register in your writing. - Introductory Paragraph, This will make up the majority of your essay and is where you explore each point of your argument. You want to ensure that each paragraph has one significant point which is supported with evidence from the text which you then unpack, explain and explore in relation to your thesis. Ensure that the point you make in each paragraph is relevant to the argument in your thesis and sustainable through textual evidence. - Main Body Paragraphs, Point, Evidence, Explanation & then refer back to thesis - Main Body Paragraphs, This section is where you lay out your argument, moving from observation to analysis to write an intelligent and convincing response to the question. Be efficient in your choice of quotations and textual evidence; using only what you need shows a succinct and thought-out response. - Main Body Paragraphs, Signpost where you are going with your argument to guide the reader through your ideas for a clear and concise writing style. - Main Body Paragraphs, give a final, original perspective on the text. It should not be a re-iteration of the introduction or a repetition of the points of your argument. Instead, you should briefly summarise how the ideas you have written about overall agree or disagree with the title question and provide your own definitive response to the title question. - Conclusion, demonstrate your engagement with the text on a personal, as well as intellectual, level; it is an opportunity to be creative and inventive in your writing by offering the reader a final insight that they might not have thought about - Conclusion, keep this section in proportion and avoid tangents that might obscure the positive points you have made previously: be original, yet concise. - Conclusion, (a) Commenting on your personal reaction to the text. - Conclusion, (b) Commenting on how the text still holds relevance for readers in the present day. - Conclusion, (c) Commenting on why the text is successful as a work of literature in terms of its characters, themes or structure. - Conclusion,

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