Essay Planning and Prompt Selection

The video tutorial by Toby from SMASH English guides viewers on how to effectively plan a C1 Advanced essay for the Cambridge exam. It emphasizes the importance of planning, understanding essay structure, analyzing the question, and choosing prompts. The tutorial provides detailed steps for planning the introduction, developing prompt paragraphs, and writing a comparison and contrast paragraph. It concludes with tips on summarizing and concluding the essay, ensuring a coherent and well-structured response.

Why is it important to plan your C1 Advanced essay?

• To ensure you include all necessary points for high marks.

• To skip the conclusion.

• To make the essay longer.

• To avoid writing an introduction.

What should you do before planning your essay?

• Choose random prompts.

• Write the conclusion first.

• Ignore the essay question.

• Watch a video on essay structure.

What is the first step in planning your essay?

• Read the question carefully.

• Choose the conclusion.

• Ignore the prompts.

• Write the introduction.

When selecting prompts, what should you consider?

• How they relate to your conclusion.

• Their popularity.

• Their length.

• Their difficulty.

What should you do if you have a brilliant idea for your essay?

• Choose prompts that allow you to explore that idea.

• Ignore the idea.

• Change the essay topic.

• Write the conclusion first.

How should you approach the selection of prompts?

• Select prompts that can be effectively compared and contrasted.

• Ignore the essay question.

• Choose randomly.

• Select the longest prompts.

What should you do if you have a central idea for your essay?

• Choose prompts that allow you to explore that idea.

• Write the conclusion first.

• Ignore the idea.

• Change the essay topic.

How should you approach the selection of prompts?

• Ignore the essay question.

• Select the longest prompts.

• Choose randomly.

• Select prompts that can be effectively compared and contrasted.

What should you do if you have a central idea for your essay?

• Choose prompts that allow you to explore that idea.

• Ignore the idea.

• Write the conclusion first.

• Change the essay topic.

How should you approach the selection of prompts?

• Select prompts that can be effectively compared and contrasted.

• Choose randomly.

• Ignore the essay question.

• Select the longest prompts.