One Tip to Keep Examiners Engaged with your Essay

If there's one thing that helps raise marks, it's this- specificity.

What I mean by specificity is integrating specific information about the relevant text into your essay that shows the depth of knowledge you have. When it comes to year 12, you need to be incorporating far more than a discussion on characters and plot- you need to be including themes, literary devices, historians point of view and interpretations from literary critics. These are the elements that will allow your essay to stand out.

On average, there are roughly 40,000 students each year completing the year 12 English exam. That's 40,000 other text response essays, 40,000 comparative essays and 40,000 language analysis essays.

                              Keep the examiners engaged and excited to read your essay!

Make sure you give them a critical analysis of the text (or texts, in the case of comparative) to ensure that you can give yourself the best possible chance of achieving those high marks!

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By Bri

Tips to Plan an Essay for VCE English

“Planning is the most essential component in writing an essay.”

Before you even begin an essay, it is imperative that you take the time to plan. This not only ensures that your essay remains cohesive throughout as you systematically go through every point that you have made in your plan, but it also ensures that you remain on point throughout your essay. With the prompt in front of you, writing your ideas down in dot-point form can also eradicate the possibility of forgetting an idea while writing an essay- your plan is the blueprint to your essay, a very handy thing when you are stressed in a sac or exam.

The goal is to write this plan in 5 minutes. This is something that you'll need to practice. I'd recommend giving yourself 20 minutes to write the first plan, which should include 3 topic sentences, and 3-4 ideas under each one. If you are using the standard essay form of 3 body paragraphs, your ideas should total between 9-12 throughout your essay. By starting with 20 minutes, you can take the time to create strong topic sentences that explore the prompt, and come up with your ideas. As you become more adept at writing plans, you can minimise the time requirements until you can write a plan in 5 minutes. You will then be on your way to writing a strong essay with the blueprint of the plan to help you!

By Bri

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