Hey Lauren.
How did you memorise your quotes for your sacs?
Also how did you group your quotes like how did you split them up?
What categories do you think are good ideas to be splitting your quotes into.Like themes etc.
Thanks
Definitely split the quotes into categories. It'll depend on which text you're studying, as you could either go by characters (quotes said by, about, or to them) or by themes/ ideas.
My recommendations:
All About Eve - by characters
Burial Rights - by themes
Brooklyn - by themes
Cat's Eye - either (character maps would be helpful early on, but themes are better in the long run)
Cloudstreet - by themes
Henry IV Part 1 - either (I found themes worked better, even though there's an easy split between the four main characters)
I for Isobel - by themes
In the Country of Men - by themes
Mabo - by themes
Medea - by characters
No Sugar - by characters
Selected Harwood Poems - by theme (by poem is a good start, but breaking things into themes will definitely help for essays)
Stasiland - either
The Complete Maus - by themes
The Thing Around Your Neck - by themes
The War Poems - by theme (ditto with Harwood^, sort by poems at first, but aim for themes in the long run)
The White Tiger - by characters
This Boy's Life - by characters
Will You Please Be Quiet Please - by themes
Wuthering Heights - either, characters is probably easiest, but not conclusive
Regardless of what you're studying though, your first step should just be to go through the text chronologically and find as much as you can. Then, start grouping them into categories, but be flexible. Some will fit in multiple areas, so it's up to you whether you duplicate, or maybe just annotate the quotes so you remember.
A good quote bank will be a work in progress though, so keep in mind you may discover other important components of the text that you can't sufficiently cover with textual evidence. This is when you'll go back to the text and look for examples of a certain character or idea.
Basic memorisation techniques like reading, writing, and speaking the quote aloud will gradually cement them in you're mind, but the more you use them in essays, the easier it is to actually analyse and discuss the quotes, not just churn them out.
Don't panic about doing it all in one go though, especially if you're studying a novel or other dense text