How important are writing style, grammar and spelling for the GMAT essays?

They, of course, factor into your score, but the graders are looking more for clarity of construction and thought than for Shakespearean poetry. The biggest mistake people make on the essays is relying on their strengths as a writer without paying attention to the particular tasks outlined for Analysis of an Argument and Analysis of an Issue essay questions. If you digress from either the topic or the tasks for the essay types, you will not score well no matter how well you write.

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They, of course, factor into your score, but the graders are looking more for clarity of construction and thought than for Shakespearean prose. The biggest mistake people make on the essays is relying on their strengths as a writer without paying attention to the particular tasks outlined for Argument and Issue essay questions. If you digress from either the topic or the tasks for the essay types, you will not score well no matter how well you write.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.