Step 1: Note the title and skim over the questions to get a general sense of what it is about before you read it.
Step 2: Read the sight passage once, without judgement. Stop and look up terms you don't understand in a dictionary (no phones in the exam!). We read it the first time, beginning to end, to get a sense of the style and content. Never attempt to answer a question before reading the entire essay!
Step 3: Re-read the questions and then the sight passage, paying close attention to what the author is trying to say. More than likely the author has an opinion about the topic they are discussing.
Step 4: Highlight and make notes on the sight passage where potential answers are found.
Step 5: Plan out your answers (some like to jot down rough notes before writing their good copy).
Step 6: Answer the questions. Be sure to use words, from the question, in your answer, to ensure you are writing in complete sentences.
Step 7: Most times, you will be asked to make a connection to either your own life or the literature you have studied during the semester.
Step 8: Always look to the value of the marks. If it is worth 4 marks, rule of thumb is that it needs about 4 sentences. This is not a hard and fast rule, but a guideline to ensure you use your time well. Do not write an extended paragraph for a 1 mark question or 1 sentence for a 4 mark sentence. Seems like common sense to me:)
Step 9: Check over your answers twice. Once for content and once for conventions: spelling, capitals, indenting, symbols, first and second person language, apostrophes and slang are common errors when trying to write under a timeline.
2D1 - you may be called upon to identify a couple of rhetorical devices used or make connections to either Mockingbird or Macbeth
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