How to speed up essay writing

[RexPP]

I did a practice English exam today, the full 3.15 hours.

I did manage to get all three essays complete, however they were all about two pages long, which I'm sure is not enough. Having said that, the context piece was a content issue, I had the time to write another half-page but I had nothing left to say.

My biggest problem really is sentence structure and vocab choice, I spend way too long agonising over individual words and sentences.

i used to do this a lot too man. you can spend way too much time mulling over a single word when most people wouldn't even notice a difference in quality if you chose one word as compared to another. you just have to put it out of your head and go with it man. write what comes into your head.

[Greggler]

just smash it out as quick as possible. then allow 2-3 minutes to read over at the end. that way you can change those 4 sentences in a row that you begun with furthermore etc.

but if you get your ideas out on to that page, in a fluent manner your already 90% there. The examiners are going to understand, and not heavily penalize you for average word choice.

[iffets12345]

Do any of  you do the whole "add an asterisk saying -extra paragraph in the end" thing?

[Kotza]

Given topic/prompt, use the following methodology as a means for comprehensive planning (pre-write up):

1.
INTRO
PARA1
PARA2
PARA3
CONCL

2.
INTRO broken down into primary contention and augmentative rhetorical priors (1 or 2)
PARA1-3 ... topic sentence and wrap up availed for each therefore depicting 3 unique propositions along a single, central line of thought and argument.
CONCL is an enlightenment opportunity to summarize PARA1-3 in a manner which connotes with the INTRO and without admitting new literary elements.

3.
Write up 2 sentences for each of the 5 paragraphs (INTRO, 1-3, CONCL).
Determine whether they're suitable as a start or wrap up for the paragraph and assess for grammatical correctness.
Start filling in the gaps based upon your starter feed, ie. those 2 seed sentences per paragraph

EG Topic: The cat sat on the mat. Discuss.

INTRO:
There are 2 identifiable entities of concern - a cat and the mat.
We wish to analyze the relationship between our object (mat) and the subject (cat) the likes of which are connected via some act of trangression (sat).

PARA1:
The objectivity of our topic cannot be refuted. The cat indeed sat on that mat. Conversely, "the mat was sat on by the cat" also renders consistency.
A reasonable assertion would be extended along the lines of structural punctuality backwards and forwards given the prompt.

PARA2:
There is insufficient context to determine veritable cause and effect. The authenticity of the purported incident cannot be reconciled in the absence of further disclosure.
We can only derive from the facts provided that it was the cat which sat on the mat and not the other way around. Any other statement tendered would risk becoming unreliable.

PARA3:
Order and precedence is of priority concern. We have 2 discernible entities and one instance of positive action, the conduct of which had bought to bear the relationship between those aforementioned entities.
The mat came before the cat as it would be inextricably improbable for a sitting cat to, without cause, all of a sudden have a mat appearing beneath it.

CONCL:
It may be ascertained with reliable assurance that the relationship commenced at that initial point of inception whence said mat became the object of buttressing support for said cat.
The cat was the instigator whose evocative imposition had bought forth substance on the matter of an identifiable relationship in existence between itself and the matter upon which it decidedly sat.

LMAO!!!!

[iffets12345]

dammnit, by re-quoting u gave him extra advertising.

[werdna]

dammnit, by re-quoting u gave him extra advertising.

What's wrong with pooshwaltzer? :S

[Kotza]

i thought it was hilarious

[werdna]

I get it now.... pooshwaltzer is a FRAUD!

[Kotza]

how so?

[werdna]

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