SLS Study Skills: Essay Exams
Resource List
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Essay Exams WorkshopSlides from a Study Skills Workshop on the topic of essay exams.
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One-page fact sheet on Essay ExamsUniversity of Oregon one-page fact sheet using the ABCDEF process for writing essay exams. This is a quick read with very valuable suggestions.
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Purdue OWL's Advice for Writing Essays for ExamsCheck out this great, detailed and comprehensive description of steps for answering essay questions on exams. This resource is on the OWL, the Online Writing Lab from Purdue University, website, a website that provides solid information on many areas of writing.
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College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Tips on Writing Essay ExamsFollow a 7 step process for writing essay exams and see a listing of commonly used descriptors used in essay style questions.
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.
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Purdue OWL's Advice for Writing Expository EssaysThis webpage is a terrific resource that provides suggestions/instruction for writing expository essays (a type of essay commonly used as an assessment tool on essay exams). This resource is on the OWL, the Online Writing Lab from Purdue University, website, a website that provides solid information on many areas of writing.
UNC Essay Exams Guide
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UNC Essay Exams GuideUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed this great guide for writing essay exams. Have a look at it, you won't regret it!