How to Study

Why are they so hard? You’re givenso much time because teachers expect that it will take you longerthan the time available in cl ...

Don’t ever, everbegin writing the answer to an essay question without a little “homework” first, even if you’re the school’s pri ...

Step 3: Compose your first paragraph. It should summarize and introduce the key points you will make in your essay. This is wher ...

Chapter 8 ■ How to Study for Tests 205 Common Instructional Verbs on Essay Tests Compare Examine two or more objects, ideas, peo ...

206 How to Study Narrate Recount the occurrence of something, usually by giving details of events in the order in which they occ ...

Worry less about the specific words and more about the information. Organize your answer to a fault and write to be understood, ...

One of the reasons you may have left yourself with insufficient time to answer one or more questions is you knew too darned much ...

The new Writing section takes 1 hour—35 minutes for multiple- choice questions and 25 minutes to write an essay that requires yo ...

Should you take one of those SAT preparation courses? Is it worth the money, the time, the effort, the bother? According to a pa ...

According to Michele Hernandez, a former admissions officer at Dartmouth (quoted in the January 10, 1999, New York Times Magazin ...

A Special Note for Parents Many parents take their children’s grades and test scores far too seriously. Here’s my advice to them ...

Pretest Organizer Class: _____ Teacher: ____ Test date: __ Time: From: To : ____ Place: ____ Special instructions to myself (e. ...

Study group meetings (times, places): Material to be covered: Indicate topics, sources, and amount of ...

After the test: Grade I expected ____ Grade I received __ What did I do that helped me? What else should I have done? Chapter 8 ...

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I ’m proud of you. You made it all the way through the book. Here’s my final advice: ■ Reread How to Study,cover to cover. It’s ...

Send your letters to: Ron Fry c/o Career Press P.O. Box 687 Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 I promise I’ll try to respond if you ask, b ...

15 minutes daily, setting aside for planning, 93 80-20 Rule, 25 A action verbs, using in papers, 163 active listening, 112 activ ...

chapters (continued) reading summaries of, 49 using clues in, 49–50 See alsoreading; textbooks characterization, explained, 60 c ...

paraphrasing questions on, 203 reviewing, 207 running out of time on, 207–208 starting, 204 taking, 202–207 explain, using in es ...