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Every history essay aims to answer a question. You may be asked to evaluate the importance of one factor, or to balance the importance of many, in an historical event. Sometimes you may be asked to ‘discu...

Introduction:

It has been argued that divisions in Sinn Fein were the most important reason for the outbreak of the Irish Civil War in 1922. Indeed, the only uniting factor within ...

For GCSE and A-Level there is a somewhat similar structure to an answer, however it depends on the mark scheme and the Assessment Objectives which need to be covered.

For A-Level it is important to...

A good introduction is very important for an essay. It conceptualises the essay and shows the examiner you understand not only the words in the question, but what the question is asking of you. A good int...

I think the key is to be argumentative, the structure you're given is more of a guide than a rule - essentially, you need to have an opinion, state that opinion and provide all the evidence for that; then...