ALI ASHIQ KHOSO LECTURES ON ESSAY AND CSS APPROACH Essay is an attempt to compose a host of relevant ideas on a chosen topic in clear, correct, coherent, concrete, comprehensive, compact, logical, non-redundant, unprejudiced and subtle manner. Explaining the key words in the definition • RELEVANT: All those ideas that can be applied to COMPARE, CONTRAST OR JUSTIFY the topic • CLEAR: Clarity of handwriting and lucidity of the ideas (Examples clarify the discourse) • CORRECT: Correction of SPELLINGS AND GRAMMAR and also of DATA (Source of Data should be reliable and well recognized) • COHERENT: Point in case should follow a sequence of discussion till it is well justified. (Don’t jump abruptly from one idea to another) • CONCRETE: Put DATA, FACTS AND FIGURES (Don’t only beat about the bush) • COMPREHENSIVE: include all the relevant angles of the topic and substantiate them. (Don’t narrow down the topic; unfold it to the maximum) • COMPACT: Use only meaningful sentences, be to the point and apply appropriate diction. (Don’t try to be a poet or philosopher to put the ideas in air. Just tell what is asked) • LOGICAL: Don’t boost or lie. Support the truth but in subtle and diplomatic way (explained below.) (Don’t compare third world country with first world country; it is illogical comparison) • NON-REDUNDANT: Don’t harp on the same string. Don’t repeat the same discussion or the same point. • UNPREJUDICED: Don’t try to be ETHNOCENTRIC (Irrationally eulogizing or praising one’s own belongings). (Yes, you may show PATRIOTISM with the touch of optimism.) • SUBTLE/DIPLOMATIC: Remember, you are supposed to respect your national heroes like Quaid e Azam, Allama Iqbal etc, admire the ideology of Pakistan i.e. Islamic Ideology and moreover you should consider your national values like the culture and civilization of Pakistan including a political value that is Democracy. These values or characteristics of Essay will not only make your essay up to the mark but will also make your thinking balanced and bureaucratic. This is what is known as “CSS APPROACH”.
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