for a clear, well-organized answer:

• Think before you write

• Budget your time

• scribble a roughplan or outline

  • avoid irrelevancies or tangents

  • don't write everything you know about the subject

  • Use what pertains to the question

  • develop lovical structure and support for your postion

  • check your plan

    • Have you included all pertinent material?

    • Have you supported it well?

• write your answer as you would a theme

  • beginning: restatement of question and thesis (position) of you paper; come straight to the point

  • Middle: developmetn, explain, support, argue your point

  • end: conclusion