Underline the key words in the following titles and consider
what they are asking you to do.
a) Define information technology (IT) and outline its
main applications in medicine.
b) Compare and contrast the appeal process in the legal
systems of Britain and the USA.
c) Evaluate the effect of mergers in the motor industry in
the last ten years.
d) Trace the development of primary education in one
country. Illustrate some of the issues currently facing
this sector.
Note that most of the titles above have two terms in the
title. You must decide how much importance to give to
each section of the essay: e.g. title (a) might require 10%
for the definition and 90% for the explanation.