Types of Written Assignments

While assignments may take many forms (written essays, oral presentations, multi-media projects, etc.) they are all designed to provide you an opportunity to apply what you’ve been learning in your course to a particular context/topic/situation. The approach you need to take for each assignment might vary, but they usually ask you to do one or more of the following:  Describe, Argue and/or Connect. 

Look for specific words in the assignment instructions that signal which particular approach to take. Roll your cursor over any highlighted word in the chart below to learn more.