Module 4
Applying the rule to the facts: element by element, the because chain, both sides, conclusory writing and reasoning from principle
If the previous module was about the shape of an answer, this one is about its substance. The application is where most of the marks lie and where most students are least practised, because it cannot be memorised. It is a skill of reasoning in writing: taking a rule apart, matching it with the facts, giving the reason for each match, and facing the best argument against you. This module teaches that skill in steps, names the habits that wreck it (above all the conclusory sentence that announces a result without earning it) and shows what to do when you cannot remember the rule.
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