The ways of identifying and limiting word meanings and their parts

Chapter 1. The ways of identifying and limiting word meanings and their parts
1.1 Ways of identifying and limiting word meaning
Compare acute and chronic pain in terms of pathophysiology and treatment
Compare - Make sure you are comparing and not just describing the two things in isolation
Acute and chronic pain - Subject matter
In terms of pathophysiology and treatment - Important limiting phrase - focus ONLY on these things. Use them as a lens to highlight the differences between acute and chronic pain.
Tip: Assignments that ask you to compare two things can be structured in different ways. You may choose to alternate continually between the two things, making direct comparisons and organising your essay according to themes. Alternatively, you may choose to discuss one thing fully and then the next. If you choose the second approach, you must make the links and comparisons between the two things completely clear. 
With reference to any particular example enzyme, outline the key structural and functional properties of its active site
With reference to any particular example enzyme - Important limiting phase - focus your answer on a specific example. Use this example to help demonstrate your understanding. 
Outline - Factual description is needed. You must demonstrate your knowledge and understanding. 
The key structural and functional properties of its active site - Subject matter
Tip: Assignments that ask you to outline or describe are assessing your understanding of the topic. You must express facts clearly and precisely, using examples to illuminate them. 
There is no convincing evidence for the existence of life outside our solar systems
There is - Task words not so obvious this time. Try turning the title into a question: 'Is there any convincing evidence for...?'
Convincing - Important limiting word- there may be evidence but you need to assess whether or not it is convincing. 
For the existence of life outside of our solar system - Subject matter
Tip: Assignment titles that are on actually a question are often simply asking 'how true is this statement?' You must present reasons it could be true and reasons it might not be, supported by evidence and recognising the complexity of the statement. 
To what extent can nuclear power provide a solution to environmental issues?
Discuss - Explore the topic from different angles, in a critical way (not purely descriptive)
Nuclear power - Subject matter
Provide a solution to - Limiting phrase: discuss ways it can and ways it can't- don't be afraid to take a position based on evidence.
Environmental issues - Subject matter. Might be an idea to define/ discuss what could be meant by environmental issues? This might be important for your argument. 
Tip: If an assignment is asking a direct question, make sure your essay answers it. Address it directly in the introduction, make sure each paragraph contributes something towards your response to it, and reinforce your response in your conclusion³. 
Discuss the issue of patient autonomy in relation to at least one case study 
Discuss - Explore the topic from different angles, in a critical way (not purely descriptive)
The issue of patient autonomy - Subject matter

In relation to at least one case study - Important limiting phrase - don't just discuss the issue of patient autonomy in general; discuss it in the context of one or more case studies. You should use the case study to illustrate all of your points about patient autonomy. 

Tip: Assignments that ask you to discuss in relation to a case study, or to a placement or own experience, usually want to see a clear link between theory and practice (reality). 
American authors in general began to reject the emotional aspects of literature more and more. Instead they became fascinated with describing and analyzing the psychologic depths of their characters. An example for this development is Ellen Glasgow who described in her novels the transformation of the American South from a rural to an industrial economy and the role of southern women caught in the traditionals southern code of domesticity, piety and dependence.
The 1920s, also known as „The Roaring Twenties“ brought change again. Society and thus also the society of writers, started to reject the Puritan and Victorian values and ideals that had been established. Writers felt that now they had much more freedom in chosing their topics - and also in choosing their way of life. A good example for this is Francis Scott Fitzgerald. On the one hand he was a brilliant author, who draw a satiric portrait of the American upper class ind „This Side of Paradise“ in 1920 and analyzed the American Dream in „The Great Gatsby“ in 1925. On the other hand he was a severe alcoholic and lead a very eccentric and sometimes immoral life⁴.
Identifying Content and Command Words
This activity will help you interpret essay questions. Being able to identify and properly interpret command – or process – and content words, and thereby better understand the question, is a fundamental essay-writing skill.
It is good practice to circle content words and underline process words. However, in some cases, you will find that the commands are implicit in the wording of the question, rather than actually stated. In these cases, write out what you think are the implicit commands.
Identify the content and process words in each of the essay questions below, then click to reveal the authors’ interpretations of the questions and ideas about the starting points for answering them.
Please note that these interpretations are not definitive. You will notice that we have sometimes mentioned where a question would suggest a very different essay, depending on the sort of social science that you are studying. This is, in fact, true of all of the questions to a greater or lesser extent – moreover, the specifics of an individual course or module should significantly inflect your response to questions.