5 mistakes to avoid to do well on the 10th grade Literature exam

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1. Unreasonable time allocation

The 10th grade Literature entrance exam has a time limit of 120 minutes with a structure consisting of many questions and sub-questions. To get a high score, students need to complete all the questions in the exam. To do so, in addition to a solid knowledge base, students also need to pay attention to allocating time reasonably for each question.

Some students are so engrossed in doing questions they are sure of that they forget or even skip other questions. Being long-winded and detailed in low-scoring questions without investing in higher-scoring questions is also a reason why students lose points.

In addition, many students write the introduction, the first and second paragraphs of the body carefully, leading to a lack of time for the last paragraph, so they write briefly, lack ideas, and even cannot complete the conclusion.

These things make students have solid knowledge, can do well on the test but cannot finish on time.

2. Not reading the question carefully

Each question in the exam has important keywords for students to identify the type of question, scope of knowledge, requirements... If you do not read the question carefully, you will easily lose points with the following mistakes:

Off topic, off topic: the essay is completely inconsistent with the requirements of the assignment. If this error is made, the essay will not be scored.

Write ramblingly without focus: This is a case where the essay is "correct" but does not "hit" the requirements of the question, presents a long-winded presentation, and wanders off into other issues that the question does not ask. This wastes the student's time and causes the essay to lose points.

Missing the sub-requirements of the paper: Because they did not read the question carefully, students ignored the additional requirements in the question. Although they are additional requirements, they still bring valuable points. Ignoring these requirements will not be able to achieve the maximum score.

3. Answering too briefly

Many students have the habit of answering questions directly and very briefly without leading, explaining, or analyzing. Sometimes the answers are abrupt and do not include a subject or predicate. This makes it impossible to get full marks even though the answers are on point.

4. Do not cite evidence for social argumentative essays and paragraphs.

Social argumentative essays always appear in exams. In addition to the system of arguments and reasons, to increase the persuasiveness of the essay, students need to provide specific evidence. Evidence does not need to be many but must be selected, ensuring accuracy, representativeness and relevance to the issue being discussed. Students should not list evidence but need to analyze it.

5. Failure to comply with exam presentation requirements

Sloppy, illegible handwriting; smudged and erased work; use and abuse of symbols; writing with two colors of ink... are mistakes that cause students' work to not be highly appreciated.

In addition to the above errors, students should also take notes on scratch paper immediately after reading the questions to avoid missing or repeating ideas, and take time to review the test, check the information on the test paper, especially the registration number and sheet number to avoid losing the test paper.