What is important to know about writing an essay?
The General Knowledge Essay subtest and several other tests require the examinee to write an essay. The essay must be an original essay, composed and organized when you select the essay topic. The intent of the essay test component is to demonstrate an examinees ability, in the time allotted, to compose and write an original essay that completely addresses the topic in an effective, well-organized manner, with good grammar and spelling, as described in the rubric in the test information guide (see “Preparing for the Tests” for ordering instructions) for the test requiring an essay. An examinee who memorizes an essay from another source and presents it during a test administration as an original essay is not demonstrating that he or she can compose and write an acceptable essay. Presenting such a pre-prepared essay at a test administration is considered cheating. If an essay is identified by the essay raters as being pre-prepared, the essay and all tests taken that day by the examinee w
