UNDERSTANDING AND WRITING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE

We have noted that essay or continuous writing is creative in nature, which requires high sense of imagination. So, one of the ways to developing the length of essays is to tell lies and to control it well. This is not an issue of religion but fiction creation. Students should know that they are not judged by WHAT they write rather they are judged on HOW they write it.

For instance, that one answers Mohammed, does not mean he cannot write about Igbo or Yoruba culture (if he knows about it) to a question that says write about your culture. No one would assume you are a criminal or a prostitute should you write a story and put yourself in it.

The second way of developing the length of essay is to structure or to look at the question from three angles, causes, consequences and solutions. If one could give at least three points on each of these angles, coupled with the number of words one writes per line, the length of such essay would-be well developed.

For instance, on an article that states: cultism in universities, in order to develop well the essay, students need to ask themselves:

1.       What are the causes of cultism? Give at least three answers/points.

2.       What are the consequences of cultism? Give another at least three points.

3.       What are the solutions to that? Give at least three points to that.