Tips for Writing Essay Exams - University of Washington.
Tips for Writing Essay Exams Back to Helpful Handouts o Writing Center Home Page. Before the Exam: Prepare and Practice Writing a good essay requires synthesis of material that cannot be done in the 20-30 minutes you have during the exam. In the days before the exam, you should: Anticipate test questions. Look at the question from the last exam.In an introduction to an essay you should offer a short, concise summary of the main points to be raised. If appropriate, you could clarify key concepts. Introductions go wrong when students go into too much detail, and then repeat their arguments in the main body of the text.We all have different ways of working, and that includes preparing for exams. As you get more experienced in taking exams, you will find the ways that work best for you, and learn how best to prepare. In the meantime, these tips should give you a good starting point for study. Good luck!
Exam preparation Learn the material with the exam format in mind. Focus your studying by finding and anticipating questions. If the professor distributes questions in advance. Right before the exam. Free write about the course for about 5 minutes as a warm-up.Taking the exam Read the exam carefully. If you are given the entire exam at once and can determine your approach on. Analyze the questions. Decide what you are being asked to do. Key terms. Information words, such as who, what, when, where, how,. Plan your answers. Think about your time.
If essays are required, however, it is not best use of your time to practise writing full essay responses to exam questions. It may be useful to do this once or twice if you want to, to get an idea of the timing, but this is probably not the most efficient or effective way of using your revision time.
