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Writing is both physical and mental endeavor. Apparently, writing an essay seems to be very
difficult. Why writing a paragraph, a mini essay or a full-fledged essay are challenging and
grueling task given the fact aspirants to competitive exams are university graduates? Is it
due to the complex phenomenon of English as a second language or the problem lies with
the very education system and teaching methodologies?
A million dollar question is: Why students join 5-marla academies or a single classroom for
acing CSS English essay, in particular, and the rest of the subjects, in general? Based on
my practical experience in CSS English classes, majority of students are graduates from
well-reputed universities seeking tutorship and teaching desperately. Does it signify that
teachers at the level of higher education are either unwilling or incapable of equipping
students for the insurmountable future challenges or students due to lack of interest and
career counseling miss on important philosophical and practical dynamics of their studies ?
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Keeping in view students’ inherent needs and common difficulties, I have decided to come
up with pragmatic, practicable and comprehensive techniques, strategies and plans for
acing Essay and Précis papers in a systematic way. They are as follows:
Table of Contents
I. Understanding the syllabus and requirements of the Essay and Précis papers
II. Decoding the salient differences between journalistic and essay writing
III. Overall Essay layout as per FPSC/CSS standard: Essay writing Stages: The Writing
Process
IV. Selection of relevant materials for mastering and learning the skills and demands
of the papers
V. Understanding key terminologies and writing norms Different forms of discourses in
the FPSC essay paper
VI. Failure to understand Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence
VII. Understanding linguistic technicalities and sensitivities
VIII. Grueling, continued and systematic writing practice
IX. Getting your writings checked by CSS English expert or any person having
understanding of writing norms
X. Major errors committed in essay writing
XI. Four golden rules for acing the FPSC essay paper
XII. Self-evaluation and self-assessment once the task of writing an essay is finished
XIII. Suggested readings
A. Journalistic writing
1. An advanced, calibrated and up-front ‘executive summary’— a series of discussion
2. Headings and sub-headings
3. Bullet points
4. Focus on the 5-Ws format-‘who, what, where, when and why’
5. All information is delivered in the first paragraph
6. No attempt to summarize
7. No conclusion
Due to immense significance, Essay is dealt in Roman III rather than B.
A. Invention or Pre-writing
1. Understanding the Assignment
2. Setting limits
a. Length
b. Purpose
c. D. Audience
d. Occasion
e. Knowledge
1. Moving from subject to topic
2. Getting started: Free writing
3. Focusing on a topic: Questions for probing
4. Brainstorming
5. Making an informal outline
6. Formulating a thesis
a. Implying a thesis
b. Arriving at a thesis
B. Stage Two: Arrangement
1. Formal outline-Numbering
a. Romans
b. Capital letters
c. English digits
d. Small letters
1. Introduction
a. Stating thesis statement
b. Creating interest
c. Introducing subject
2. Body
a. Unity of thought
b. Cohesion and coherence
c. Well-developed and sufficiently supported
d. Pattern of development-Cause and effect format
3. Conclusion
A. Argumentation
1. Deduction argument(Syllogism-From general to specific)
2. Induction argument (Hypothesis- From specific to general)
3. Evidence and its features
a. Relevant
b. Representative
c. Sufficient
B. Description
1. Types of description
a. Objective description –literal picture of one’s subject
b. Impressionistic/subjective description-personal vision or one’s emotional response
2. Types of descriptive language
a. Objective language – Precise and factual language
b. Descriptive language -Rich and suggestive language –striking phrases or vivid
comparisons –Figures of speech
C. Narration
1. Narrative details
2. Narrative variety
3. Narrative order
A. Grammar
1. Parts of speech
2. Tenses
3. Sentences and types
4. Punctuations
5. Narration and voices
6. Sentence Correction
B. Vocabulary
1. GRE words
2. Idioms
3. Pair of words
4. Proverbs
5. Analogy
6. One word substitutions
7. Synonyms and antonyms
8. Phrasal verbs
9. Phrases
10. Grouping of Words
Mini essays serve as an important link between paragraph and full-fledged essay. Due to
inadequate knowledge and inherent fear of writing correct English, students consider full
essay writing a herculean task. To make it easy, it’s better to write mini essays comprising
5,6 or 7 pages.
After mastering the art of paragraph and mini essay writhing, students take the challenge of
professional and prolific essay writing head-on. They deem writing as an interesting activity
rather than boring and complex phenomenon.
According to Hari S. Truman, “if you cannot convince them, confuse them. This is pertinent
when it comes to reading. Comprehension passage warrants thorough understanding and
errors-free language. The most important strategy is to practice any solved samples and
compare them with each other.
E. Practicing précis writing
This is the most important pillar of academic writing.It is better to understand its principles
and practice as many passages as possible.
norms
According to experts of creative writing ,to write 10 pages it is required to read 500 pages(
a bit exaggeration).Writing is an evolutionary process and calls for continued reading and
proper checking, evaluation and assessment from English language experts. Getting scripts
checked pave the way for prolific and professional language skills.
XI. Four golden rules for acing the FPSC essay paper
A. Answering and understanding the topic holistically
B. Using one’s own words
C. Supporting statement with evidence
D. Observing word limit
B. Body Paragraphs
1. Unified
2. Coherent
3. Well developed
4. Particular pattern of development
5. Facts or examples or smoother transitions
6. All the points support your thesis
D. Sentences
1. Effective
2. Interesting
3. Varied in length and
4. Structure
E. Words
Note:When all the above-mentioned requirements are fulfilled,it is guaranteed you have
written cogent and telling piece of writing.