CCO101 Thinking & Reasoning - Tutor Marked Assignment

For this assignment, we were tasked to read a passage and appraise it, explaining if we agree with it's conclusion in a 1,200 words essay. The passage given to us was about play, it discusses the different aspects of play and argues if play was beneficial/important to human.

Initially when I started reading the passage, I was unable to understand the passage as I was unclear or what the term "play" referred to in the passage. However, after reading the passage several times, I managed to catch the key points of the passage and ultimately, understanding the passage.

In order to appraise the passage, I started with an argument map to map out the points that the passage has and my counter argument of the points. After completing my argument map, I was able to make use of the points in my argument map and wrote them out into an essay.

The completion of this assignment allowed me to learn to make use of an argument map to list out my points and write the essay. By knowing how to use an argument map, I will be able to use of it to aid me when I write essays for my future assignments.