Essay Exams

Depending on how you feel about your writing skills, the essay portion of a test can be a blessing, or a curse.  Here are some techniques for the later.

• Keep your responses concise and get to the point.
• Outline your essay on a piece of scrap paper, if there is enough time. 
• Start with a clear topic sentence.
• Leave time to review your essay for spelling and grammar errors.
• Don't talk in circles just to fill up a page.  Repeating yourself will not get you bonus points. 
• Your first few sentences should be an introduction stating what your points are.  By the end of your essay, you should have proved your point by stating a number of relevant facts. 
• If you think you have a run on sentence, break up the sentence into multiple sentences.  A run on won't make any sense.
• Start writing, sometimes the ideas will just come to you as you go. 
• Try to support your argument with at least 2-3 facts.
• Writing is a learned skill.  The more you practice, the better you will be at it. 

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