Civil Service Essay (申论)

申论 is the written paper of the Chinese civil service examination. It is not free writing: candidates read a set of given materials and answer questions whose marks come mainly from finding and organising the right points from those materials. Candidates lose marks by writing opinions the materials do not support, missing points, or overrunning the word limit. This skill teaches the method on real practice questions and marks answers against the points.

Write in Simplified Chinese. This skill is a study aid; it does not predict exam questions or guarantee a score, and official materials from the examining authority take precedence.

What This Skill Produces

• Question-type diagnosis: which of the common types the question is, and what that type rewards
• Points from the materials (要点): each with the paragraph it comes from
• A model answer in the expected format and within the word limit
• Marking of the person's answer: points hit, missed and unsupported, with a rough score band
• A practice plan for the weak question types

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