It seems like your teacher has a huge reserve of different types of essays, and each time you have to learn writing new essays. At least, this time you face a task that you have never done before – writing an evaluative essay.
 
Let us tell you straight away that an evaluative essay is not the most complicated essay type you might have to write. By the way, evaluative essays are similar to argument essays in some ways, although they definitely have some specific peculiarities. We are glad to highlight them in this article.
 
What is an evaluative essay all about?
 
We suppose you understand the meaning of the verb “evaluate”. In a few words, it means something like “to judge”. Judging some subject is what you will be dealing with while writing evaluative essays.
 
In fact, judging is not that easy. You need to have certain criteria to judge according and arguments that will support your judgments. All these are the stages of writing evaluative essays.
 
Important stages in the process of writing evaluative essays
 
There are two very important steps that you should be careful with when writing evaluative essays.

1. Choosing a subject. Be careful when selecting a subject for evaluation. Usually, books, films, paintings, or even some governmental policies serve as the main idea. Make sure you do understand what you are writing about.
2. Setting up criteria. You have to think of your own criteria. For instance, if you talk about a movie, you can have such criteria as acting, sound and visual effects, plot, etc.

Evaluative essay format
 
The following format is suitable for organizing evaluative essays:

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No matter what opinion on the question of capital punishment you have, your teacher asks to write an essay and support one particular position – you should be against the death penalty.
 
So, are you ready for writing an anti death penalty essay? Are you ready to prove that even the cruelest murderers or other criminals deserve to live after committing their crimes?
 
This is, by the way, one of the challenging aspects of writing essays against the death penalty and discussing this topic in general. People are guided by their feelings, especially when it comes to their close relatives or friends. It is really difficult to be objective and logical when someone hurts those you love.
 
Yet, objectivity is the main key to preparing a successful essay against the death penalty. Thus, try to forget about feelings and emotions.
 
Collecting arguments and research are other keys to writing effective essays against the death penalty. Do you already know what arguments to introduce in your anti death penalty essay? If you have not decided yet, let us provide you with several hints for writing.
 
Essays against the death penalty: argument #1
 
Execution of innocent people should be one of the main reasons why people should be against the death penalty. Our judicial system is not perfect and has already proven to be unreliable many times. For instance, find out how many people were sentenced to death mistakenly, how many were released after enough evidences of their innocence were collected, and how many were executed by mistake. Present the results of your investigation in the essay against the death penalty.
 
Essays against the death penalty: argument #2
 
For a long time, capital punishment has been seen as a deterrent. However, recent studies show that executions do not deter criminals anymore.
 
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