Essay title prompts
This is a list of six prompts you can use to help you analyse an essay title or assignment brief.  The first three are concerned with identifying words or phrases.  The second three are questions to think about.
1.	Topic / content words or phrases.
2.	Limiting / focus words or phrases.
3.	Directive words or phrases.

4.	What do I need to check?
5.	What do I need to do?
6.	Where should I target my research?
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