Please note the image above.

This is a response to a feature article called When the War Came Home by Scott Hannaford.

Some teaching and learning points:

• Note that the first sentence acts as a THESIS statement. It uses the key terms from the question and establishes a clear sense of direction and focus for the extended paragraph.
• Notice that first sentence also refers to the text type, title and author.
• The second sentence acts as a topic sentence to contextualise the first language feature.
• The next sentence refers to ‘verbs’… my first language feature.
• Note that the quotations are short and relevant.
• Also note that the topic sentence also uses a key word from the question… this was deliberate and it should signpost to the examiner that I understand the question and that I am using those key words to frame my argument.
• I then show how/why those quotations are important/significant.
• I also use the word ‘trauma’ to refer back to my use of the word ‘traumatised’ in my thesis statement. This is also deliberate.