Any tips for writing a good essay?

My good (but confusing) teacher said (in my Hard Times essays): Don't regurgitate Dickens' terminology (wonder, fancy, fact) without providing a definition (not dictionary-deri …

What did students who sat the 2008 VCE English exam interpret the term 'misguided' to mean in the Hard Times prompt? Misguided in what? Was it morality by way of self interest, u …

In an essay, do we refer Hard Times, Enduring Love and King Richard as a play, novel, text or something else?

What are your thoughts on this essay topic: "Dickens encourages readers to recognise, contrast and compare between characters to communicate his ideas/beliefs" If you w …

With essay's if you fail to properly understand what it is asking you, you are practically failing to answer what is required. For example, what does; "Discuss" "Do you agree" …