The Hamburger Essay Plan
Think of any essay as a hamburger and include all the key ingredients to make a great hamburger; link each one of these to a key point. This a particularly useful technique for exam essays as it can help you to check whether you have included all necessary information.
Gather all your ingredients – information that you have researched, class and seminar notes, readings……. now assemble the burger in the process illustrated on the next page down.
Top bun: the introductionDescribe how you are going to answer the question, summarise the key points you are going to make, reflect the question………. are you comparing and contrasting, arguing, describing? |
Burger meat: the main pointsYou can make a double or triple burger, put in as much meat in your burger as you like. These are the main points of each paragraph. |
Relish and garnish: the analysisThis is where you tie together the point, the example and the evidence and show how this relates to the question. |
Burger meat: the main pointsYou can make a double or triple burger, put in as much meat in your burger as you like. These are the main points of each paragraph. |
Cheese: the analysisThis is where you tie together the point, the example and the evidence and show how this relates to the question. |
Bottom bun: the conclusionIn the concluding paragraph you should restate the points you have made, together with any inferences, conclusions or recommendations that can be drawn, linking these to the question. |