If your feedback says "This is largely irrelevant to this topic"
Your lecturer is trying to tell you not to include any irrelevant information in your work. When drafting an essay, staying on topic is essential to avoid losing points for deviating from the subject.
Answer
Making sure your work is relevant can be done in two ways:
- Signpost your arguments back to the essay title
- Ensure you understand your essay title and what is being asked of you
What should you do?
- Planning your essay in advance can make it easier for you to locate relevant references and keep your essay on topic. See the "Focus on: essay writing" guide for tips on how to effectively plan your assignment.
- Make sure your essay's beginning and conclusion clearly state the points you will argue throughout and strive to stay on course. See the Basics of Essay Structures for further help on this.
- Using relevant sources will help your writing stays on topic. To find academic resources that are applicable to your assignment you can use your module resource list. See the 'use sources that appear on the module resource list' FAQ for a better understanding of how to do this.