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Secondary sources

What distinguishes a very good written task 2 from a mediocre one? Besides answering the expectations of the prescribed question, good WT2s cite both primary and secondary sources. In other words they comment on a text (primary source) and refer to other texts (secondary sources) that have also commented on the original text. Secondary sources, if used properly, can validate the ideas that are expressed in an essay....


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