Archive for December, 2006

How to Analyze an Essay – the basics

How to Analyze an Essay – the basics

Essays can be a great source of information; these are especially popular since they come with the huge advantage of allowing you to choose the level of depth you would like to delve into the topic. If you are going to College or writing a College Entrance Test, you are going to deal with a [...]

Answering Multiple Choice Questions

One can hardly escape multiple choice exams. A person who wants to make it big in life takes placement exams composed of about 85% multiple choice questions, to be admitted in prestigious schools. Board or Bar exams have multiple choice questions aimed at testing an examinee’s quick-thinking ability. Even those applying for a driver’s license [...]

Test Tactics — The Time Wise Approach

Test Tactics — The Time Wise Approach

All exams impose time limits. You are given a general time-limit for the entire exam and a specific time-limit for every section of the exam. The key to acing lengthy exams is to always optimize the time you are given before the exam for studying and after the exam for answering. All standardized tests have [...]

Hurdle the Big Words — Preparing for Vocabulary Tests

Hurdle the Big Words — Preparing for Vocabulary Tests

Vocabulary tests become increasingly discouraging when you think of the enormous number of words that might come up in the exam. As the exam date draws near, your anxiety will grow because you know that no matter how many words you memorize, chances are, you will still remember so few. Here are some tips which [...]