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This essay format is a guide for what has been getting me Excellence all year at NCEA Level 1 for the New Zealand curriculum. It is best suited for theme questions on films, novels and maybe poetry. I hope this helps Seriously, my essays have been practically identical all year in terms of what sentence says what at what point and I keep getting Excellence no matter how much effort I put in. So long as I am following this plan, I am good I plan my essays using the TEEPEE format; ask your teacher about it

Describe or explain about a something theme in the text. Explain why this theme is [important/interesting/good to study/why you learnt it from the text/ what points the author is making about humanity or society as a whole].

This is a broad opening statement. The last statement loosely related to the topic, but this sentence expands the idea and begins to make it more specific to what I actually want to talk about. This sentence is the clincher; it links the last two sentences to what I'm actually going to be talking about: The text and the author. The author used these techniques to appeal to the reader and introduce their ideas. The clever use of these techniques really shows that the opening statement is loosely connected and that this essay will answer the question.

This is the less important bit of the text that relates to the idea. By that last statement, I mean that the author used these specific techniques, such as symbolism, language or a visual/verbal technique to help support the idea. Quotes are useful in this bit, because a "quote" that is interweaved helps show your understanding of the text. As a character said in the text: "Quotes sound better when they're interweaved, but if it's an awkward one then you may as well stick it on the end of the sentence if it applies." Another more minor bit of what I just talked about is this, but both bits go together with what the author is saying. However, this idea isn't anything to do with the second part of the question until we look at our own lives. The author's purpose in showing us this idea and event in this manner is that they vaguely relate to the real world.

This is the part that is most relevant to the question. It is from this part of the text and clearly shows the idea. This part is so important that explaining the next bit will flesh out this paragraph very well. It relates to the idea because of "this", which is relevant because the author used these techniques. "This quote" is another example of this idea. The author's purpose in presenting the idea to us in this manner is to ask the readers to contemplate their own lives. When we look at our own lives, we can see that this text vaguely relates to reality and that this sentence answers the second part of the question.

Vaguely comparing reality to this text is what answers the second half of the question completely, as well as getting those Excellence marks you really want. We can look at this non-specific aspect of our everyday lives and see the theme coming into play. By this I mean that, in the environment I spend most of my day in, we can vaguely see events that relate to the theme somehow. Another example of this can be seen when we look at this clichéd debate or news item. Everyone knows about this, so I don't have to tell you very much about it for you to see for yourself that the theme is relevant. The author of this text was very insightful when they wrote this, using their techniques very well to show the reader what I just said.

The author was a very talented writer who shows perceptive understanding in their text. They made clever use of techniques to illustrate the theme and their idea vaguely relates to society today. This essay answers both the first and the second halves of the question. My zinger of a closing line is that my broad opening statement actually is loosely related after all and (optional) something bad might happen if we don't heed it.

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This essay format is a guide for what has been getting me Excellence all year at NCEA Level 1 for the New Zealand curriculum. It is best suited for theme questions on films, novels and maybe poetry. I hope this helps Seriously, my essays have been practically identical all year in terms of what sentence says what at what point and I keep getting Excellence no matter how much effort I put in. So long as I am following this plan, I am good I plan my essays using the TEEPEE format; ask your teacher about it

Describe or explain about a something theme in the text. Explain why this theme is [important/interesting/good to study/why you learnt it from the text/ what points the author is making about humanity or society as a whole].

This is a broad opening statement. The last statement loosely related to the topic, but this sentence expands the idea and begins to make it more specific to what I actually want to talk about. This sentence is the clincher; it links the last two sentences to what I'm actually going to be talking about: The text and the author. The author used these techniques to appeal to the reader and introduce their ideas. The clever use of these techniques really shows that the opening statement is loosely connected and that this essay will answer the question.

This is the less important bit of the text that relates to the idea. By that last statement, I mean that the author used these specific techniques, such as symbolism, language or a visual/verbal technique to help support the idea. Quotes are useful in this bit, because a "quote" that is interweaved helps show your understanding of the text. As a character said in the text: "Quotes sound better when they're interweaved, but if it's an awkward one then you may as well stick it on the end of the sentence if it applies." Another more minor bit of what I just talked about is this, but both bits go together with what the author is saying. However, this idea isn't anything to do with the second part of the question until we look at our own lives. The author's purpose in showing us this idea and event in this manner is that they vaguely relate to the real world.

This is the part that is most relevant to the question. It is from this part of the text and clearly shows the idea. This part is so important that explaining the next bit will flesh out this paragraph very well. It relates to the idea because of "this", which is relevant because the author used these techniques. "This quote" is another example of this idea. The author's purpose in presenting the idea to us in this manner is to ask the readers to contemplate their own lives. When we look at our own lives, we can see that this text vaguely relates to reality and that this sentence answers the second part of the question.

Vaguely comparing reality to this text is what answers the second half of the question completely, as well as getting those Excellence marks you really want. We can look at this non-specific aspect of our everyday lives and see the theme coming into play. By this I mean that, in the environment I spend most of my day in, we can vaguely see events that relate to the theme somehow. Another example of this can be seen when we look at this clichéd debate or news item. Everyone knows about this, so I don't have to tell you very much about it for you to see for yourself that the theme is relevant. The author of this text was very insightful when they wrote this, using their techniques very well to show the reader what I just said.

The author was a very talented writer who shows perceptive understanding in their text. They made clever use of techniques to illustrate the theme and their idea vaguely relates to society today. This essay answers both the first and the second halves of the question. My zinger of a closing line is that my broad opening statement actually is loosely related after all and (optional) something bad might happen if we don't heed it.