Mistake one - the structure of the essay is not followed. Many students go too deep into the maze of their reasoning, completely forgetting about the structure and composition. As a result, instead of an essay, they end up with something vague and formless, a stream of consciousness in arbitrary form. Such an essay will never get you the highest score, even if it contains truly brilliant ideas.

Mistake two - abuse of volume. Don't think that the more theses you put into your essay, the better. Three is quite enough, but very succinct and well-reasoned.

Mistake three - inconsistency of the argument with the thesis statement. Often, when writing an essay, students present the thesis statement with literally "paper owl review" arguments. You can hardly expect to get a high grade for this, either.

Mistake number four - inability to draw a conclusion. Your essay should have a logical conclusion that summarizes everyt