How to Revise for the Component Parts of an Essay

How to Prepare Quality Essay Responses

How can students revise for essays? Here are some tips for your students to help them with essay preparation:

Students who do well in exams usually have a very clear idea about what they’re going to write before they go into the exam.
Generally speaking, they’ll have done lots of practice writing parts of essays in revision.

They’ll have practised putting the best paragraphs together to form impressive full essays.
They’ll have practised tweaking these essays to fit other similar exam questions.
And, most crucially, they’ll have used retrieval practice to memorise the best chunks of their work.

1Using Context Successfully

1.1Using Context Successfully

1.1.1What is Context & Why is it Important?

1.1.2Common Mistakes with Context 1

1.1.3Common Mistakes with Context 2

1.1.4Key Points for Context

2Improving Practice Essays

2.1Improving Practice Essays

2.1.1How to Revise for the Component Parts of an Essay

2.1.2Essay Introductions for Novels & Plays

2.1.3Essay Introductions for Poetry

2.1.4Main Body of the Essay

2.1.5Key Points for Writing Practise Essays

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