Brain and behaviour assignment
“Describe specific phobia in the context of an anxiety disorder. Provide a case study, and discuss treatment options”. This is an Descriptive Essay Topic.
Descriptive: For a short descriptive short essay, you will need to simply describe the topic as it applies to a biological or behavioural system. That is, write a detailed description of the system. You don’t need to argue for one side or another, or try to convince the reader of your ideas. You’ll need to include at least three published references in the essay, and the use of textbooks is acceptable.
In more detail, the introduction should contain an opening sentence (or two) that allows the reader to immediately understand the topic, and perhaps how you intend to address this topic in the essay. At the conclusion of the Introduction provide a statement of the “main idea”or objective that you will be discussing in the body of the descriptive essay, or the argument you will be providing in the body of the evaluative or persuasive essay.
The body provides a detailed description of the topic over three paragraphs (if the question is identified as descriptive). If the essay is evaluative or persuasive, the body will contain two opposing sides of the topic question, with particular emphasis on the side you are supporting (remember to be particularly forceful if you’re writing a persuasive essay. That’s the primary difference between the two styles; you can allow more of your personality to show in the written component of a persuasive essay). For all essay types, always stay on topic (i.e., don’t waste words on unimportant information not relevant to the question). Also remember to conceptually transition between paragraphs (i.e., write so that the paragraphs are logically linked, and don’t appear to the reader isolated or “stand alone”).
The one-paragraph conclusion should restate the topic and then briefly summarise the information provided in the body of the essay. For the last sentence, complete the description of the topic (for descriptive essays) or confirm the argument that you made in the body (evaluative or persuasive).
