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Some people think multiple choice tests are better than tests which require you to write an essay. Other people think that tests which require you to write an essay are better. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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There has been much discussion revolving around the issue
whether
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 a big variety of
choice
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 of
tests
 are much better than
tests
 that require to be prepared for an
essay
, while others tend to assert that
essay
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 part in all exams is the most essential for many
students
. In
this
essay
, I will discuss both views and give my opinion. The primary factor we need to take into consideration is that exam parts that require an
essay
 gives
students
 an excellent opportunity to express their own opinion about a given topic. That opens the door for examiners to look inside the person's mind and indicate his drawbacks or
otherwise
, to see how far humans have gone speculating about the topic.
On the other hand
, specific questions to examine the student’s knowledge may be enormously requisitioned in some cases, like history or math lessons. What is meant by that, is that you can't write an
essay
 about some math or physics formulas, and about
history
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 facts as well, by the reason of its direct and relatively scientific topics.
However
,
tests
 would perfectly help to check the human knowledge about it, and
moreover
, it wouldn’t have dived
students
 in the stress areas that essays may have, because a person knows exactly on what topic he should be prepared, but in
essays
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 you never know what to expect. Having considered both views, I would assert that as
tests
,
as
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 essays purport a good preparation,
however
, they both are very important parts of any exam. Because every educational programme has its specific types of questioning
students
.It may be testing, or it may require writing an
essay
 as well.
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    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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