Essay marking guide
To gain high marks , the essay task must:
• Stick closely to the topic.
• Address all parts of the question.
• Discuss a range of evidence from a variety of primary sources, including peer-reviewed journals. Most of these should be recent .
• Be clear about what type of evidence is being described .
• Show an ability to critically evaluate evidence; e.g. by weighing up its strengths and weaknesses.
• Show an ability to use evidence to inform opinions expressed in the essay .
• Be well structured with an introduction, main body and conclusion, and links between paragraphs.
• Be correctly referenced in a consistent style.
• Be clearly written, such that an intelligent person with little knowledge of the topic could understand it**
• Contain few mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Keep to the word count limit
