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Use this page for tips on how to ensure you are sticking to and answering the exam question!


 * The Three 'A's :)**


 * AVOID**

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 * ADVICE**
 * Always name the title and author's full name in the introduction (//eg. George Orwell's essay, "The Hanging"...//)
 * An essay is always //quoted// and not //underlined!// (//eg. "The Hanging" **not** __The Hanging__ ) //
 * Be **precise** with your word choice
 * Do not say "//Orwell presented his subject in a subtle manne////r//" - He was **not** subtle! What you mean is **indirect**!
 * So subtle (and vague) should be replaced with indirect
 * Obvious should be replaced with direct
 * A 'story' must always use present tense!
 * Do not waste ink by writing the whole quote down, rather, merely incorporate quote bursts into your essay. A quote burst is taking part of the original quote and fusing it into your essay to sound like a normal sentence, but actually you borrowed words from the author.
 * e.g: //Orwell is able to portray his primary purpose of explaining the "unspeakable wrongness" of capital punishment...//
 * The "unspeakable wrongness" is actually from Orwell's essay, but you fused it into your own sentence.
 * Always try to write your essay in chronological order
 * If your first example is about the last thing in the essay, how will you go back?
 * e.g: If you start your Orwell essay about the men laughing in the end, how can u suddenly go back to the puddle?
 * ASAP
 * Analyze: a rhetorical device employed by the author
 * Support: with context from the given passage
 * Analyze: how does it effect the audience? how is it useful?
 * Prompt: tie it back to the prompt
 * Sum up the plot so that you do not confuse your reader
 * Even though the examiners know the context of the passage, you should still sum up the context in order to help your example
 * e.g: In Orwell's "The Hanging", if you do not briefly explain that the essay is about a hanging, no one will understand why the puddle is so significant or why the laughter in the end is ironic. Summing up helps back up your examples.
 * In the introduction, if you have two sentences of equal length, make one of them an independent clause and the other a dependent clause in order to add variety to your sentences.
 * Speaker vs. author
 * Clarify between the author and the speaker of the passage. They are not the same people
 * Irony vs. juxtaposition
 * Transitions


 * ANSWER (the question)**