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Structuring an assignment (Open Learning)

Putting it all together

When you’ve written your individual paragraphs, you should look at them together. How well does your assignment flow? You can imagine your assignment as a waterfall, moving easily from one section to another.

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You can also think of your paragraphs as a flight of stairs, guiding your reader towards your conclusion. They should be able to see where you are going with your essay. Each paragraph is a step towards your conclusion, joined to the step before and the step after (Cooper and Shoolbred, 2016)

stairs