Identifying Key Terms in Essays

The video provides a comprehensive guide on how to unpack essay questions effectively. It emphasizes identifying key terms, expanding on them meaningfully, and integrating them into pre-existing essay structures. The tutorial includes practical examples and highlights the importance of engaging with the question to enhance essay quality. Additional resources are suggested for further learning.

What is the first step in unpacking an essay question?

• Summarizing the question

• Reading the entire essay

• Writing the introduction

• Identifying key terms

Why is it important to identify key terms in an essay question?

• To memorize them

• To ignore them

• To list them in the conclusion

• To focus the essay around them

What should you do after identifying key terms?

• Write a draft

• Ask questions about the key terms

• Ignore the key terms

• Start the conclusion

How can context influence the understanding of key terms?

• It complicates the essay

• It makes the terms less important

• It provides background and relevance

• It doesn't affect understanding

What is the role of a pre-existing framework in essay writing?

• To create a new structure

• To integrate the question into your argument

• To ignore the question

• To rewrite the entire essay

How can you expand a key term effectively?

• By using it in isolation

• By ignoring it

• By adding adjectives and nouns

• By repeating it

In the sample question analysis, what is the main theme word identified?

• Freedom

• Imprisonment

• Reinvent

• Preserve