"Assess the proposition..."
"Explore the theory..."
"Critically examine..."
As a student, you're supposed to work out what kind of essay you're expected to write by reading the title. But often, essay questions are so cryptic and perplexing that it's hard to make any sense of them. When you can't figure out what a question is asking you to do, you sink into despair and exasperation.
The usual advice that's given in this situation is "underline the keywords"-but in reality, this leads nowhere.
"How To Decode Essay Titles" takes a different approach. It categorises...