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Monash University: What Makes a Good Essay? HandoutMonash University: What Makes a Good Essay? Handout
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9th - 10th
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Monash University: What Makes a Good Essay?

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Read this example essay with its highlighted comments and labeled parts to get a good grasp of what an effective essay does. United States students should note that the documentation style is slightly different in this example. For more information in specific areas of the essay, check the links on the left of the page. W.11-12.1d Tone/Style, W.11-12.2a Intro/Format

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CCSS: Adaptable

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essay writing

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annotated sample essay, college essay, example, example of effective essay, writing effective essays, writing essays, writing good essays, writing guidelines, oh.ela-literacy.whst.9-10.2b, oh.ela-literacy.whst.9-10.2c, w.11-12.1d tone/style, w.11-12.2a intro/format, examples of essays

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

W.11-12.1.d W.11-12.2.a W.11-12.2.b W.11-12.2.f WHST.9-10.2.a WHST.9-10.2.b W.11-12.3.e W.11-12.1.e W.9-10.1.e SL.11-12.3 W.9-10.2.b WHST.11-12.2.b W.9-10.2.f

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