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Susannah testing

Guide used for testing content and formatting
Someone editing printed essay with a red pen.

Breaking down the question

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Suppose you have been asked to answer the following question:

‘Critically assess the claim that congestion charging as a fiscal policy can, through seeking to reduce the cost of congestion, help to support future growth.’

Break this down by identifying key terms and instruction words:

  • Instruction word: ‘critically assess’.
    Essay instruction words determine the focus and overall structure of your work.
    For example, this question is asking you to critically assess the implementation of congestion charging as a fiscal policy. In your response you will be required to give a discussion of existing facts and evidence, in order to make an informed judgement on the validity of the claim.
     
  • Subject matter:  ‘congestion charging as a fiscal policy’.
    Your subject matter will be the focus of your reading and preparation.  Here you are being asked to think about the effects of congestion charging. Therefore, you should research current congestion charging policies and their relative impacts.
     
  • Give your judgement: ‘help to support future growth’
    Based on your exploration and discussion of the subject matter, (in this case the current congestion charge policies), you should be in a position to make an overarching judgement on the validity of the statement made in the essay question. This will help you to conclude your essay response.