A Guide to Descriptive Writing eBook - Edition 2

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The descriptive writing test is a part of the recruitment process of upcoming IBPS PO, OICL AO and SSC Tier-III exams. The art of descriptive writing is the art of discovering the ways to express your opinion in a precise and clear manner which might seem as a challenge to many candidates as they might not know from where to start! But don’t worry now with Adda247’s Guide to Descriptive Writing which covers pattern, tips, and examples of Letter, Essay, and Précis Writing you can easily learn the approach and crack descriptive paper of upcoming examination.

We are providing our readers with a new edition of A Guide to Descriptive Writing eBook where we've covered essays and letters on many important current affairs based topics of last 4-5 months. You can get the Descriptive Writing ebook from store.adda247 for a nominal price of 199/-

Essay Writing

With essay writing the main issue that you might face is how to start an essay and how to structure your points/facts/ideas in a paragraph to express your views. Yes, there is a set format that for even essay writing that you must keep in mind. And you’ll get to know that through this ebook for descriptive writing.

An essay is a long composition that can be asked on any topic, especially on the topics related to current issues, or the issues that are drawing everybody’s attention. You’ll get solved examples of essays on most frequently asked topics like Demonetisation, Caste Based Reservation in India, Climate Catastrophe, Social Media etc. and Current Affairs based trending topics like Doklam Issue, Blue Whale Challenge, World War-III, Cryptocurrency, Right to Privacy, Prompt Corrective Action, Bullet Train, Can India go Cashless?, Challenges After GST Implementation etc.

Through this ebook you can also learn key point and write an essay on insurance and Banking related topics like Financial Inclusion, Merger of banks, Insurance Penetration etc. You must attempt to write essays on the questions of this practice exercise as this will not only help you test your skills of essay writing but also will boost your confidence. Do remember the word limit of 150-250 words while writing an essay as you must keep it precise and not verbose.

Letter Writing

In recent competitive exams, we’ve seen letter to the editor and informal letters were the hot topics asked in the descriptive paper. While writing a letter one should keep in mind to write letters that get your message across without the reader calling you for clarification. Letters shouldn't be verbose and usually, in competitive exams, there is a prescribed word limit.

To help you understand the art and pattern of letter writing we have included tips and letter writing aids of both Formal and Informal Letter separately, along with solved examples of Letter to Editor, Complaint Letter, Grievance Redressal Letter, Formal Invitation etc. in Formal Letter Category and Personal Letter/ Expression of Concern, Condolence Letter, Informal Invitation, Letter of Congratulations, Thank You Letter/ Gratitude Expression etc. in the Informal Letter Category.

Précis Writing

Like a fluid, writing is compressible and a compressed form of any long passage is termed as précis writing. Précis is still asked in some competitive exams and it is all about writing down the summary of a given passage best expressing the passage as clearly as briefly as possible. Through this ebook you can understand the key features of précis writing the writing process with some important tips and solved examples

Some features associated with this book are:

Format and useful writing tips for Letter, Essay and Précis writing.
Incorporates all popular and expected topics for Essay writing.
Solved examples of different types of formal and informal letters asked in competitive exams.
Practice Exercise of Letter Writing.
Expected Essay Writing Topics Based on Current Affairs.

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