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Structured Essay Questions
What is it? A structured essay question seeks for a structured answer from students regarding the topic that they have been taught. It is called “structured” because students are expected to “structure” arguments to answer questions with the information that they have learnt. This means that SEQ does not merely test on your memory but your ability to formulate arguments based on what you know.
Structured Essay Questions Break-down (a) To what extent… (7m) (b) How far...(8m) (2 sets of each. You should not spend more than half an hour for each set.)
Steps to answering SEQ: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Identifying given factor ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
SEQ Answering Format In answering every paragraph, you must have: P – Point E – Evidence/ Elaboration E - Explanation
Example ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
LORMS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
PLEASE NOTE ,[object Object],[object Object]
More SEQ ,[object Object]

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Answering Structured Essay Questions

  • 2. What is it? A structured essay question seeks for a structured answer from students regarding the topic that they have been taught. It is called “structured” because students are expected to “structure” arguments to answer questions with the information that they have learnt. This means that SEQ does not merely test on your memory but your ability to formulate arguments based on what you know.
  • 3. Structured Essay Questions Break-down (a) To what extent… (7m) (b) How far...(8m) (2 sets of each. You should not spend more than half an hour for each set.)
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  • 8. SEQ Answering Format In answering every paragraph, you must have: P – Point E – Evidence/ Elaboration E - Explanation
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