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This
is a summary of the steps suggested by Kate Grenville in her book Writing
From Start to Finish.
More
information about Kate and her work can be found by clicking on the
title.
1.
Examining the question or ‘brief’.
2.
Identify the ‘Task’
words.
Remember these are usually verbs.
3. Identify the limiting
words.
These are the words that restrict the task to a particular area
or focus. They stop the topic from being too broad or general.
4.
Identify the type of writing. Sometimes this is implied by the
context, or it may be ‘in disguise’. Such as when a question appears
to be asking you to write an imaginative composition but you are
actually required to use what you know about a topic
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