So, I study English Literature. And I don't write good answers. Yeah, I got an A- this round of exams, but I think my teacher was being really fucking kind, and my answers must have sucked because I don't think it's that amazing either. Teacher read out my friend's answers and gosh, he writes well.

 

The thing is, I don't know how to expand my answers. I need to be more specific (which I also lack in Science subjects) and write in a more... Debate style manner?

 

Can y'all help me by giving me bits of advice on how to approach the question, pleaseeeeeee?

 

P.S. : This is NOT creative writing. It's about answering the questions in an essay form.

well, i don't really know what kind of form it is, but i think you must know, that for every thought you need to have 2 or 3 examples. for example, we have essay writting structure like this: 1.main idea, 2. 3 arguments, 3. conclusion. all essay's and the paragraph structure is the same.

I Used to struggle with essays

What's the essay on ?

I liked essays since last year we started writting reasoning essays. So, now I write interpretations instead :D

I'm worse at exams

Why don't you give us an example of one of the questions, and then your response. That would be most helpful in advising you how to improve.

 

I'm such a nerd, I kept a lot of my papers/etc. from high school. I should take some pictures of them and post it, that might help. :smart:

I don't do English Literature, but I do English Language :p

 

 

well, i don't really know what kind of form it is, but i think you must know, that for every thought you need to have 2 or 3 examples. for example, we have essay writting structure like this: 1.main idea, 2. 3 arguments, 3. conclusion. all essay's and the paragraph structure is the same.

 

This is kinda what I would say, except over here it's called PEEL - which stands for,

 

POINT- this is where you mention something you have noticed in the text

EVIDENCE- this is where you put a quote from the text to show what you mean

EXPLANATION- this is where you put your reasoning behind why and how they have written the text

LINK- make a relationship between that text to other texts or theories that you may have come across or have learnt

 

This is how we're all taught to structure our essay writing :thinking:

You probably have something similar taught to you where you are, but we're all told that if we stick to that sort of paragraph structure, you can't go too far wrong :lol:

^ yeah, it's true, it's all the same. And the main thing is to know a lot and have evidence :D

Find out what other people said about the text (if you're at Secondary school you could use the likes of Wikipedia or Sparknotes, if you're doing it for A Levels you might wanna look at literary critics).

 

Think about the historical background of the text. Read the author's biography.

 

Always back up your points with direct quotes from the text.

What sort of essay? Narrative, expository, or persuasive? :thinking:

It's basically the kind of essays for the literature part. It's like, the answer for the question is written in an essay form, and the question has to do with literature.

 

well, i don't really know what kind of form it is, but i think you must know, that for every thought you need to have 2 or 3 examples. for example, we have essay writting structure like this: 1.main idea, 2. 3 arguments, 3. conclusion. all essay's and the paragraph structure is the same.

 

This is the most common structure, of course. It's the arguments part I'm not so good in; the presenting of answers in a certain manner.

 

Why don't you give us an example of one of the questions, and then your response. That would be most helpful in advising you how to improve.

 

I'm such a nerd, I kept a lot of my papers/etc. from high school. I should take some pictures of them and post it, that might help. :smart:

 

I'll try to do this, but that's gonna take a lot of time. Maybe during the holidays. :wacko:

 

Did you take English Literature?

 

I don't do English Literature, but I do English Language :p

 

 

 

 

This is kinda what I would say, except over here it's called PEEL - which stands for,

 

POINT- this is where you mention something you have noticed in the text

EVIDENCE- this is where you put a quote from the text to show what you mean

EXPLANATION- this is where you put your reasoning behind why and how they have written the text

LINK- make a relationship between that text to other texts or theories that you may have come across or have learnt

 

This is how we're all taught to structure our essay writing :thinking:

You probably have something similar taught to you where you are, but we're all told that if we stick to that sort of paragraph structure, you can't go too far wrong :lol:

 

Yeah, this is a useful tip, thanks! :nice:

The thing is, I'm not good at elaboration. Maybe I should increase my vocabulary or express my answer in a better manner to gain marks. :\

 

 

I study the drama 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B. Priestley. Anyone studied that one too?