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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 is a debate going on
whether
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about whether
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 the multiple-
choice
tests
 are better than the
tests
 which
requires
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 you to write an
essay
. There are pros and cons to each type of
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, and I am going to present them. Multiple
choice
 is the most popular kind of
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 and from the
first
grade
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 everyone has been taking them.
This
 kind of
tests
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 gives the student the ability to show his knowledge, because in
multiple
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choice
tests
 there are a lot of questions, and they cover different topics.
Also
, I believe that teachers prefer them because
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does not require a lot of work and correcting
student’s
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tests
 is easy and relatively fast.
On the other hand
, in
multiple
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choice
tests
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students
 can easily cheat and just look at what
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 classmate wrote, and
he
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they
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 could copy from
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them
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. In
this
 way, they could get a high mark without learning the material, which is injustice compared to others that had been learning and preparing for the test.
Other
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 type of
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 is which requires
to write
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writing
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 an
essay
 and in
this
 form of
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tests
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students
 can write thoroughly about that certain topic and have the ability to show the smart phrases that they have learned. The problem that I see with essays is that
in
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an
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the essay
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essay
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essays
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 you must write about a certain given topic and in
this
 type of
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 teachers cannot truly see the real amount of knowledge
student
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 has. Another factor is that to write an
essay
 you need
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good writing skills because
for
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 a student could be great at naming types of animals, but if he gets an
essay
 to write about that, it might be hard for him not because he doesn’t know the types of animals, but because he has a difficulty of forming sentences. All in all, I believe that
multiple
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choice
tests
 are much
beneficial
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more beneficial
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 than ones which require
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writing
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 an
essay
,
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apply
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 because you can see
a
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students
 have. But for these
tests
 to work, you must ensure that the
students
 would not have the ability to cheat.
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    • Sentence 2 - Example
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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