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Advice for second essay of English Composition tomorrow, struggling.
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I'm having a really hard time structuring my second essay. Anyone have any strategies? For my outline should I pick out quotes from the different articles presented and take a stance on them that I can hopefully back with evidence?

The time limit really throws me. I feel like I have to vomit to produce content and after its all done it seems to stray from the thesis. Is just paraphrasing or quoting the articles 3 times max enough? Perhaps once in each of my three body paragraphs.

There are not many practice prompts for this one. The Peterson ones seem horrible; I really hope they do not resemble the real thing. In all the resources I've found, the examples of an essay scored a 6 make me feel really stuppppppppppid.

I've cured my fears over the first essay. The Spark Notes "Fast food Essay" resource really helped me, but this second one is a different animal for some reason.

Any recommendations on how I could practice tonight or tomorrow morning? The specific exam feedback forum is lacking on this one = (.

I scored a 66, 74, and a 76 on the Peterson's. Maybe if I do alright on the multiple choice and the first essay I can completely butcher the second one and be fine.

Thanks! If I can make it through this one it will be all down hill. Hopefully I will pass and it will get scored and sent to Tesc before October!
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Advice for second essay of English Composition tomorrow, struggling. - by bo0giemonsta - 08-16-2012, 11:46 PM

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