This document provides guidance for writing essays for the BC Provincial Exam. It discusses comparing and contrasting essays, practicing essay writing skills like sentence structure, punctuation and vocabulary. It also offers tips for answering essay questions such as carefully reading instructions, brainstorming topics, organizing details, and following proper paragraph structure.

1. Essay for BC Provincial Exam
Essay type 1: Compare and Contrast
● Compare- similar
● Contrast- different

2. Practice writing essay for exam
● Work on sentence structure
● Punctuation
● Use thesaurus to expand vocabulary
● Short composition practice in 40 mins
● Master transitional expressions

3. How to answer an essay question
1. Read instruction carefully
2. Brainstorm
3. Organize topics
4. Work on details, vocabulary and quotation
5. Follow paragraph structure