What's the difference between these two instructions? š¤
If you are DISCUSSING an issue or idea, for example, you do not need to arrive at a decision or recommendation. However, you may provide points for or against. This means you would need to engage with the topic from different perspectives.
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If you are ARGUING about a topic, then you should be taking a stance and making a bit of a case for or against a particular point of view.
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DISCUSS is the instructional word more likely to appear in an ATAR examination.
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Our next post will give you some terrific sentence starters and connectives to use in your essays when tackling a DISCUSS topic š
