I have appeared twice in css exam, failed one time and now waiting for the result of my 2nd attempt. Also, i have recently passed PMS in my first attempt and have been shortlisted in both the tests taken by Ministry of defence.
What i have learnt from my failure and success i am going to share it today as that may be of help for the aspirants looking forward to appear in css & pms exam.
Pre-requisites for passing the essay.
1. Simple english is more than enough. minor grammatical mistakes are usually ignored.
2. A topic must be fully comprehended and meaning must be inferred from it.
3. Material must be relevent to the topic, as a number of candidates have been failed in CE-13 for irrelevent material.
4. Argy bargy should be avoided and topic must be hit directly.
5. Introduction should be a short precise of the whole essay but mentioning remedial measures(if any) should be avoided.
6. The language of introduction should be mild.
7. Fluency and coherence are the essence of essay.
8. Conclusion should be consistent with intro and body; no new idea must be included and the remedial measures(if any) that have been discussed in the body must be included in the conclusion but with different words.
9: Four forms of discourse must be learnt and used while writing an essay.
10. Rules for essay must strictly be adhered to.
11. Obsolete, and stereotype ideas are disliked by checkers and novel idea +analysis is highly appreciated.
Regards.

Aoa, Good tips, but can you please explain the forms of discourse that can be used in essay writing ?

Forms of discourse are: argumentative, descriptive, narrative, exposition.
Check past papers of essay and search yourself the explanation of each form.

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