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Define your topic
Consider the following assignment:
Email is a popular form of communication, but how secure is it and how does it affect an individual's privacy? Discuss issues related to the security and privacy of email.In assignments there are
Think about the subject (email) and the context (privacy)
- task words (in this it is 'discuss')
- concepts
- key words (email, communication, security and/or privacy).
Before you begin your search, you need to understand what the question is asking you to do by understanding the task words. For example, are you being asked to discuss, analyse, argue, justify or compare?
If you break the question down into several parts it will be easier to define. Your task is to discuss the issues around email, security and privacy. Your topic and its concepts form the basis for the keywords (important words) you will use to search for information.