Types of subjects and plans

 

The wording of the question
The words which characterise the wording of the question
The problem to solve and the form of the answer
Examples
An inventory wording
Analyse, explain, causes, consequences, What is the role, the place, the importance … ?
The answer is an inventory
A debate wording

To what extend … ?Can we assert …?Do you think that … ?

The answer is dialectical: thesis and antithesis
A comparative wording
Compare …What are the similarities and the differences… ?
The answer lists two or three points on which it is possible to compare the phenomena and countries …
An interactive wording
What are the link between…?What are the relations between…?
The answer must show the how A involves B and how B involves A
An imperative wording
Advantages and drawbacks…Economic and social aspects…Goals, means and limits of…
The logic of the answer is contained in the question.

 

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