ABSTRACT
The more complex your topic (ie with more elements), the more important it will be to analyse it in the above way - and the harder it will be to do so. The first example in6.1.2 above was easier to analyse than the second one. It may be that with a complex topic/question there is more than one way of interpreting it. Some students will identify certain words and phrases as being those giving the focus, others will think different words/phrases do so. Different students may see different issues implied by their topic and there may be no one correct interpretation. Indeed, the tutor may want to know how you interpret the topic or question. It will help to think about your topic/question in the way suggested in Section 6.1.2, and to have good reasons for what you think are the instruction words, the focus words, what is implied, and to check this out with your tutor.
