PCAT writing structure help!!!!!!

[meomeo123]

Hi everyone, can some one show me in details the writing structure please. even though i have searched others' posts about pcat writing, I am still confused . Should an essay contain an introduction, 3 paragraphs of solution, and a conclusion. Should I include an counteract in 1 of solutions.

I saw someone wrote" In at least ONE of solution, bring up a commonly-stated alternative idea & explain how it's a bad idea, how your idea is better. Say it as if it is just obvious." I dont understand this idea. Does this mean i have to give 4 total solution thanks so much for the responses.

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[kcwang]

Hi everyone, can some one show me in details the writing structure please. even though i have searched others' posts about pcat writing, I am still confused . Should an essay contain an introduction, 3 paragraphs of solution, and a conclusion. Should I include an counteract in 1 of solutions.

I saw someone wrote" In at least ONE of solution, bring up a commonly-stated alternative idea & explain how it's a bad idea, how your idea is better. Say it as if it is just obvious." I dont understand this idea. Does this mean i have to give 4 total solution thanks so much for the responses.

I am probably not the best person to answer this. I only got a 3 on the essay. You should post this in the PCAT forum to get better answer. The structure of my essay was basically intro,2 body paragraphs and conclusion. Intro is where I bring in my thesis and background information. I used the body for support, evidences, solution, alternative solution, then I tie everything back together in the conclusion.

 

[owlegrad]

Ah yes, you may get better replies in the PCAT forum. Allow me to help you out with that.

 

[usechopstix]

no i dont think you would need 4 solution, that seems a bit much. anticipating opposition is a strong tool to use and doing that while promoting your own idea could be done in one paragraph

 

[xtsukiyox]

I wrote a five-paragraph essay as my high school English teacher taught me. One introductory paragraph with a three-prong concluding sentence, three supporting paragraphs (one for each "prong"), and a concluding paragraph. This was enough to get a 3. I didn't counter my arguments specifically.

I have always felt a five-paragraph essay of the format I was taught was sufficient, but not imaginative or stand out. Probably why I got a 3, although the rubric didn't match the grading.

 

[amox]

Write very messy, then you will get ≥ 3

 

[Krnluve24]

I winged it with one medium paragraph and I got a 3.0...

Seriously, I wrote like a 10 years old...but don't be like me, writing properly is the right thing to do.