Preparing for Essay Tests
Taking Essay Tests
Preparing for Final Exams
100
A term used in essay questions, which indicates that students are to tell how two or more subjects are different.
What is "contrast"?
100
These are the notes or information you jot down in the margin of the exam as you first read each essay question.
What are "marginal notes"?
100
Not yet tested material.
What is "new material"?
200
A term used in essay questions, which indicates that students are to prove by giving evidence that backs up or supports a point.
What is "justify"?
200
The _________ —the order—of the information in your essay affects your grade. If information is poorly organized, it is difficult for some professors to follow the points you are making in the essay.
What is "organization"?
200
This involves allowing time for information to stick or be organized in long-term memory.
What is "consolidation"?
300
A term used in essay questions, which indicates that students are to provide a brief review of the main points.
What is "summarize"?
300
The ____________ states the central idea of a multi-paragraph essay answer. It generally contains the writer’s position on the topic and may contain the main points that will be used to defend or prove that position.
What is "thesis statement"?
300
This type of final contains some or all previously tested material.
What is a "comprehensive final exam"?
400
Facts, examples, definitions, or statistics further explain or provide evidence for the main point sentences in an essay answer.
What are "supporting details"?
400
These words are used to introduce main points, show that you are adding support to the points you already made, or change the direction of your argument. Words such as additionally, moreover, however, consequently, and furthermore are examples.
What are "transition words"?
400
Determining which courses or finals should be the most or least important based on how much they will impact on the final course grade.
What is "setting priorities"?
500
These are memory techniques that help students recall information that they have learned. ________s such as acronyms and acrostics are especially helpful for recalling the main points students generate when developing outlines for planned essay answers.
What are "mnemonic devices"?
500
The ________—the information that you include in your essay answer—is the most important factor that determines the grade.
What is the "content"?
500
Students should be able to schedule three or four two-hour time blocks for study each day so that they can study for one exam in the morning, another in the afternoon, and one more in the evening. Students could study for two exams in the morning, or two in the evening/late night if so desired.
What is "splitting you day"?
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