Writing a contextual essay is a complex task. Therefore it is important to have a general direction in order to stay on track. That can be accomplished by answering the following questions.
At the end of this working model you should have a list of well formulated sentences with the necessary information to get started with your research.
Avoid telegraphic language (just isolated words) and superficial chit chat.
- I want to make a contextual essay about ...
- I chose this topic because I want to know more about ...
- I think this topic is musically interesting, because ...
- The following compositions seem interesting to me and suitable to relate to this topic: ...
(With reasoning / argumentation!) - This essay will be contextual because I am going to study relations between ...
- The general research question or focus question with which I will be starting my work is: ...
