Research Guides: SLS Study Skills: Essay Exams

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Studying for Essay Exams
Essay Exams Workshop
Slides from a Study Skills Workshop on the topic of essay exams.
One-page fact sheet on Essay Exams
University of Oregon one-page fact sheet using the ABCDEF process for writing essay exams. This is a quick read with very valuable suggestions.
Clue Words in Essay and Short Answer Exams (UNSW Austrailia)

College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Tips on Writing Essay Exams
Follow a 7 step process for writing essay exams and see a listing of commonly used descriptors used in essay style questions.
Purdue OWL Advice for Writing Essays for Exams
Check out the very informative advice given by one of the lead websites for writing -- OWL, the Online Writing Lab from Purdue University. Reading through this page is likely to be well worth your time.

Part I and Part II, 5 minute video segments of a two-part series on writing essay exams from the Old Dominion University (US). This series covers the REPOWR plan which stands for Relax, Evaluate, Plan, Organize, Write and Revise.

UNC Essay Exams Guide

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UNC Essay Exams Guide
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed this great guide for writing essay exams. Have a look at it, you won't regret it!