BA1002: Our Space: Networks, Narrative and the Making of Place Guide: Writing for the Case Study Essay

Try this coherence test. How did you go? 

In a copy of your essay, delete everything except the introduction, headings, subheadings, paragraph topic sentences, and conclusion. Does the document still make sense as a whole, and indicate how your essay developes your thesis? If it does, then you know that you have coherence within your essay - congratulations!

Examine this example of the smallpox network to assist you with mapping your own topic.

• Check your assignment task requirements
• Unpack the question. What exactly do you have to do? What do you need to know?
• Brainstorm what you know. Brainstorm for ideas
• Make a time plan, allowing plenty of time for research
• Research high-quality information sources
• Draw up a writing plan, then do a very rough first draft
• Aim for an introduction and conclusion that make sense together
• Structure your writing so that its flow is clear, logical and coherent
• Carefully proofread and edit your essay
• Ensure all your sources are clearly referenced in your text.