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When students ask me: How do I write the intro for my TOK essay? – I usually say: Don’t. Do it later. What should you start with then? Brainstorm first and create the structure of your essay. It’s like drawing a roadmap to the essay, so you’ll know what is in each paragraph and where

Structuring your TOK essay is one of the most important things you’ll have to do before you start writing. This means making a plan for your essay based on the prescribed title you chose. This roadmap of your essay will tell you exactly what each paragraph of your essay is about and where it will

“You have got to know your onions!” These words spoken by our history teacher (British accent, each single word stressed) still ring in our heads some twenty years later. Back then we had found this expression a little peculiar, yet in hindsight this was probably the most basic and useful advice our teacher preparing us