How can I write essays for the AP test faster? AP in general?
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after you read the question, take a minute (literally, not more) to write a quick outline of your essay on some scrap paper or the margin- that way you'll know where you want to go with your essay, and you'll be able to leave out time-consuming stuff that doesn't add to your argument.  Beyond that, practice keeping an eye on the clock.\n\nWorked for me in AP history/government. Good luck.
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I was given tips on this. \n\n1. Do not rush. In each part you only need about 55% correct from each section to pass.\n2. Skip questions you know might take too long.\n3. In reading, reading all of the story isn't required. Look at the questions first.\n4. Work on your weak points.\n5. Sugar and sweets might cause you to think slower.\n6. Do a brain exercise in the morning. Example: When brushing your teeth, count how many strokes you take. This gets your brain working faster.\n\nWell, that's all I can really remember. Hope this helps.
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Some sites for you:\n\nhttp://www.conncoll.edu/admissions/essays/\n\nhttp://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/essay-skills/index.html\n\nhttp://www.essayedge.com/college/essayadvice/samples/\n\nhttp://teenink.com/College/Essays.html
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These links should help you put your essay together.  Good luck with it.
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I'm sure there are plenty of websites online about the books. If nothing else start at Wikipedia and work from there. The point of any websites that actually has essays, though, is to give you an idea of what to write about and what kind of structure might work well. If you read through some of them, it shouldn't be too hard to create your own quick draft for your paper to use. Then just add a few quotes that you found interesting in the books and a couple of comments. Whatever you do, don't copy-and-paste something because the teacher will probably notice and then be able to find it online. You could be expelled from the school, which is much worse that missing an assignment.
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it depends on your major, but not much more than you do in high school.  although you may have more work, you have longer deadlines.  you have a lot of essays.  good luck when the time comes
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Study Skills, Essay Writing.\n\nAs the essay paper has evolved it has become more demanding with much more emphasis on posing questions which allow candidates to display the higher order skills. Professor Roy Wilkinson of Sheffield University has identified a pyramid of skills which A level examinations try to test.\n\nhttp://www.bized.ac.uk/reference/studyskills/essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.how-to-study.com/Essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html\n\nhttp://condor.depaul.edu/~dsimpson/style.htm\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/words/effectivewriting.htm\n\nhttp://www.studygs.net/\n\nhttp://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/mc/support/cwc/fpages/writing.html\n\nhttp://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html\n\nhttp://www2.actden.com/writ%5Fden/tips/essay/\n\nhttp://www.englishbiz.co.uk/\n\nhttp://www.english.bham.ac.uk/staff/tom/teaching/howto/essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.teachnlearn.org/index.htm\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/\n\nhttp://www.world-english.org/\n\nhttp://www.midlandit.co.uk/education/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.brocku.ca/library/reference/essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.englishforums.com/\n\nhttp://www.powa.org/\n\nhttp://www.tee-garden.com/eberman/Creative_Writing.html\n\nhttp://www.editorsforstudents.com/\n\nhttp://www.writinghelp-central.com/\n\nhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/\n\nhttp://essayinfo.com/\n\nhttp://mrbraiman.com\n\nhttp://www.scribendi.com/advice/improve_your_essay.en.html\n\nhttp://www.mindtools.com/speedrd.html\n\nThe essay map, an optional part of an essay's introduction, is often a helpful tool for writers and is sometimes a useful guide for readers. Fundamentally, an essay map is a listing of the major reasons, arguments, causes, or effects that will be discussed in the essay. At first, this notion may sound too "clunky" to be useful. For instance, if a writer provides readers with the following sentences...\n\nhttp://www.siue.edu/~smoiles/esymap.html\n\nGood luck\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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The most important part of college is to attend and to turn SOMETHING in on the deadline. Even if it's not quite 500 words it will be just one grade if it's not an "A" you have time left in the semester to bounce back. Also, if you can clearly make your point (depending on the subject, if it's a writing class then you should probably type the appropriate number of words), if your essay covers your topic completely and is supported by original thought and support from your text, then you should be good. It's not your fault you can write in a condense and concise form and cover your topic thoroughly with 150 less words then the rest of his/her students.
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Here is a website on Tips on writing Essays\n\nhttp://www2.actden.com/writ%5fden/tips/e...\n\nA complete essay is more than really can be posted in an answer here.\n\nIf you are having difficulty in finding research material for an essay, talk to the librarian at your library, they can help you find research material.
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Since you have an immediate problem, I will address that first before trying to fix 15 years of poor vocabulary.  \n\nIf you are taking a test in essay format, answer the essay question in your head as if you are discussing it with a friend.  Imagine they are picking apart your arguments, and you respond.  Sometimes, reading your paper aloud can help you pick up on sentences that don't make sense or that could probably be expressed in a clearer fashion.  Practice this at home, and make it realistic by giving yourself a time-constraint.  \n\nOne thing that helps make your essay read better is by picking up on redundancy.  If you find yourself repeating the same words or phrases, start thinking about synonyms for these words and incorporate them into your writing.  Invest in a thesarus.  If the essay is an assignment at home, make use of the word processing program's thesarus.  \n\nLike everyone has said before, reading will improve your knowledge of words, and looking them up will too, but until you start using them in your daily life, they can't help you in a test situation.  If you decide to learn a word a day, make it a point to actually use it at school and with your friends.  Give your friends a warning because springing a new vocabulary word on them might guarantee a weird look or two.  \n\nListen to how your teachers and friends express themselves..  Read other student's essays.  \n\nMost importantly, HAVE FUN WRITING!
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Practice makes perfect. \nListen to the key words. \nOnce you learn to stop to think how a word is spelled \nyou should get faster in taking notes. \nTo make sense of your notes, and help you remember, go over them as soon as possible after class and round out your writing then. \nEventually the whole process will become second nature. \nChoose a writing utensil that is best for your speed and the pressure you put on the paper.
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write about what makes the school a great school and why you want to go there.   Include all the educational type stuff you can think of instead of things like "because it's the closest".\n\nWhat's the essay for?  If it is a class placement type thing where they want to see what level English you need, write about whatever you want to.  Double check your spelling, punctuation, run on sentences, etc
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depends what kind of paper it is supposed to be, and what your topic is. There's a good textbook you might want to look up called Fundamentals of Good Writing: A Handbook of Modern Rhetoric. We used it in my AP English and Composition last year. It has every type of paper and how to write it in there. Good luck!
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Hello Farah, here are the links that will clarify things for you.\n\nStudy Skills, Essay Writing.\n\nAs the essay paper has evolved it has become more demanding with much more emphasis on posing questions which allow candidates to display the higher order skills. Professor Roy Wilkinson of Sheffield University has identified a pyramid of skills which A level examinations try to test.\n\nhttp://www.bized.ac.uk/reference/studyskills/essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.how-to-study.com/Essay.htm\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html\n\nhttp://condor.depaul.edu/~dsimpson/style.htm\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/words/effectivewriting.htm\n\nhttp://www.studygs.net/\n\nhttp://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/mc/support/cwc/fpages/writing.html\n\nhttp://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html\n\nhttp://www2.actden.com/writ%5Fden/tips/essay/\n\nhttp://www.englishbiz.co.uk/\n\nHarper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird.\n\nI have found  10+  summaries for you to look at, via the links below.\n\nThese links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. A short extract is included as an example of what you can expect from the summary.\n\nhttp://www.davidclaudon.com/Mockingbird/mockingbird2.html\n\nhttp://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/\n\nhttp://www.homework-online.com/tkamb/index.asp\n\nhttp://www.awerty.addr.com/tokill2.html\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=411\n\nhttp://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=To+Kill+a+Mockingbird\n\nhttp://www.onlineessays.com/essays/literature/lit186.php\n\nThese links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.  Here is a short extract of what you can expect from the summaries.\n\nContext\n\nNelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, a sleepy small town similar in many ways to Maycomb, the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird. Like Atticus Finch, the father of Scout, the narrator and protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee’s father was a lawyer. Among Lee’s childhood friends was the future novelist and essayist Truman Capote, from whom she drew inspiration for the character Dill. \n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/page.php?link=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/&book=411\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Read and write.. essay.. should go together
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take a piece of paper and a pen. BRAINSTORM! write down whatever comes out of your mind breifly.it has to take at least one full hour. then collect and start writing ur essay: 3-4 paragraphs;1 for Introduction/ main idea/ thesis statement, 1-2 for body paragraphs, and 1 for conclusion.\nGood luck.
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Here is a website on Tips on writing Essays\n\nhttp://www2.actden.com/writ%5Fden/tips/essay/\n\nA complete essay is more than really can be posted in an answer here.\n\nIf you are having difficulty in finding research material for an essay, talk to the librarian at your library, they can help you find research material.