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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition
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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition

by Carla C. Kirkland, Chan Cleveland
February 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
456 pages
14h 39m
English
For Dummies
Content preview from Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition

Chapter 11

Acing the Essay

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Understanding the essay requirements

check Using the best writing tactics

check Seeing how the essay is scored

check Practicing with prompts and evaluating results

In your career as a teacher, success depends on your being clearly understood, not only by your students but also by their parents, your colleagues, the school administration, and your community. The Praxis tests this ability by requiring you to write two essays. One directs you to respond to a statement by writing an essay that agrees or disagrees with a particular point of view. This essay is referred to as the argumentative essay, and you draw on your own observations and opinions to complete this writing assignment.

The other essay gives you a statement about a general topic that’s familiar to all adults and asks you to write an essay about that topic, using two provided sources. This is the informative/explanatory essay. You don’t need any special knowledge to write the essay. In addition to using information from the source material, you can also support the topic with examples from your ...

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