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How Do I Prepare For and Write Exams in English?

By David Bentley
  1. be sure that you have carefully and fully read all the works on the course;

  2. go over your lecture and tutorial notes and, if you missed some lectures or tutorials, borrow the notes of someone whose notes are reliable;

  3. look over old examinations for the same course and make lists of likely questions based on recurring themes and ideas in lectures and tutorials and in your notes;

  4. list and learn the terms that you will need for the purposes of analysis and discussion on the examination; and

  5. memorize a few key words and phrases from the works studied on the course to quote on the examination.

        David Bentley, Department of English, University of Western Ontario and 3M National Teaching Fellow.


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