A topic analysis will help you to clarify and understand what your assessment question is asking you to do.

You will generally be given three key pieces of information:

1. The key topic or concept words direct you in what to research.
2. The limits or qualifiers tell you the specific focus of the topic or concept.
3. The task or instruction terms tell how you are to deal with the content. Charles Sturt provides resources regarding Common Instruction Words and Analysing your assignment question.

For your second PHC101 assessment, you are required to write an essay discussing aspects of person-centred care that paramedics can provide for their patients and 1 example of person-centred communication.

Note: Please check your subject outline for full details relating to the requirements for this assessment task.

From the above question, here is a sample of your instruction words, qualifying terms and key concepts may be:

Write down the key concepts from your topic and have a go at brainstorming as many alternative keywords and phrases as possible.

Thinking about your topic in this way forces you to describe your topic in "other words", which will provide you with some useful keyword alternatives as well as help you to cement your understanding of the topic.

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias can help you to find additional keywords and get an overview of the concept.

In the Oxford Reference search box below, you could try entering a key concept you've identified from your assessment question and note down any alternate keywords (or synonyms) that you find.

Alternatively you could try searching for synonyms in subject specific dictionaries.