What to do and What not to do while writing Essay Paper in OAS Main Examination.

1. OAS MAINS ESSAY
WRITING TIPS
Some Do’s and Don’ts in Essay Writing for
OAS Mains Examination
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2. Some Do’s
 Put Down as many
points as you can,
touching the
different sides of a
given subject. Let
each such point
carry a new idea.
This will help you in
being sure that you
have left out nothing
important about it.

3. Some Do’s
 Arrange those
points in their
regular order. You
may or you may not
actually write all the
points in the body of
the essay.

4. Some Do’s
 For every essay that
you try, have a sort of
an introduction at the
beginning of the
essay and also a brief
conclusion at its end.
 Build a paragraph on
each point. At times a
point may have only
one sentence. It is yet
a paragraph. But do
not use this device
too often.

5. Some Do’s
 Try to touch the
proper subject of an
essay at the earliest
possible stage, not
in the very
beginning. To linger
long in the
introduction is not
helpful. The
examiner may lose
his patience
otherwise.

6. Some Do’s
 In every paragraph
keep a topical
sentence and the
paragraph should
then be based on that
sentence. This topical
sentence may appear
in the beginning, in
the middle or
unavoidably, even at
the end of the
paragraph.

7. Some Do’s
 The introduction is
meant to put the
reader in the
atmosphere required
by the subject of the
essay, and the
conclusion is a sort of
bidding god-bye. The
introduction and the
conclusion, at times
may be only of a
sentence each.

8. Some Do’s
 Avoid repetition of
the same idea in the
essay, unless it is
absolutely
necessary for the
purposes of
emphasis.

9. Some Do’s
 Try to write your
sentences of two
clauses each. This
will save you from any
possible mistakes of
the subject and the
verb. If you try to write
sentences at more
than two clauses, be
careful or you may be
like one lost in a
forest.

10. Some Do’s
 In order to impress a
point on the reader,
you may
occasionally use
any good quotation,
a proverb or an
illustration. But this
requires great care.
 Use a past tense for
a past event

11. Some Do’s
 Every subordinate
clause that you write
must have its main
clause either going
before or coming
after it.
 Being every new
paragraph a little on
the right side of the
page.

12. Some Do’s
 Every new sentence
must begin with
capital first letter
and end with a full
point.
 Every common noun
in the singular must
have an article.

13. Some Don’ts
 Don’t write a very
lengthy introduction.
 Don’t lose sight of
the subject of your
essay. Every new
sentence that you
write must be
concerned your
subject.

14. Some Don’ts
 Don’t use a phrase or
idiom about those
correctness and utility
you are not sure.
 Do.t use any
uncommon of difficult
word whose meaning
you do not know.
 Don’t use same word
both in the Singular
and Plural in the
same sentence.

15. Some Don’ts
 Don’t afraid of writing
a few words more or
less than the number
required by the
examiner. What is
important is your
sincere attempt made
to discuss the subject
in all positive ways.
No sensible examiner
would care for the
exact number of
words set down.

16. Some Don’ts
 Don’t refer to a fact
or an event unless
you are sure of it.

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