I never used flowery language.My diction is always simple.It's your ideas that hit the examiner.

It comes under Well elaborated

ok thank you so much farrah ....today,i decided that i will not give this exam,but now i will go through INSHALLAH...

Farrah Which sentences are best to write. Complex, Simple or Compound? Please explain it with examples. Means how do you manage your thoughts for writing. Thanks..

A well elaborated write-up may lack beautiful expression

So how you are going to lead this thread, any specific strategy ...

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May be you are right in your place but I used the term in my own way.I consider expression and other points under heading of 'well elaborated'.
My main point was that 'expression isn't produced scientifically but in fact, it comes itself when one's essay has many 'well' in it.

I will elaborate my all points in my next posts.

It's too early to ask,don't you think?You should keep an eye on this thread,hopefully it may prove beneficial for you in any way.

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Considering myself a new aspirant,I'm going to start preparation of Essay.I'm supposing myself an average student who has to polish her writing skills by practice.
One must be aware of the requisites of a paper when one has no previous knowledge about it(as there is difference between writing an essay of 20 marks & of 100 marks)

The main structure of an essay is,

1-Introduction
2-Main body
3-Conclusion

I will elaborate them one by one in my next posts.

Being a new aspirant,you must think about buying a few books of essays.It will help you in many ways;

1-It will provide you a model how to write an essay.
2-It will broaden your vision.
3-It will show you the variety of writing styles,diction and techniques.
4-It will enhance your vocabulary.
5-It will give you an idea how to be analytical while discussing issues.
6-It will develop an objective approach in you as the reader is the best critic.

To be continued...

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That's great.

All the best

I don't think there is any standard pattern for it.It varies from essay to essay and even from paragraph to paragraph.

I myself don't use simple sentences frequently.Usually they are compound & complex.
In fact,one can't stick to any specific kind of sentence,it depends upon the idea/thought that is being written.

Simple:Life is complex.It confuses us at times.We don't know what to do next.

Compound:Life is too complex to be understood and we don't know about our next plans.It confuses us,so what to do next and where to move ahead.

Complex:Life is as complex as jigsaw puzzle,it leaves us in a whirl;sitting near the shore of sea ,we hardly get an idea how to move on,how to keep our spirits high.It's cruel, as it not only makes a man face the worst experiences but also weakens him from inside.


I write in flow,I don't think about 'kinds' of sentences.Sentences get connected themselves like a chain.

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Quitters never win and Winners never quit..!!!

farrah as in every essay paper we have 10 different topics to write on,but majority candidates writes on general topics as in CE 2012 majority attempted ENERGY CRISIS,but we have some proverbial topics as well,now what ur take on this whether one should go for general topic or a proverb?

which style of expression is most appreciated-if a simple or a complex or otherwise?

Thanks sis Farrah for initiatiating such a helpful thread for the aspirants. I hope your guidance will help a lot to the aspirants for this crucial paper.

PS. (Write capital 'G' while writing the word God gifted)

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