Shortcuts to Success teach you the exam success tips that have been shown to work. Written by teachers with a proven track record of exam success, they will show you how to achieve your best results. You will need top-class essay-writing skills for the questions on: Comprehending (Paper 1) Composing (Paper 1) Study of the single text (Paper 2) Comparative study (Paper 2) Prescribed poetry (Paper 2)Remember, these questions are worth 330 marks out of 400 for Leaving Cert Higher Level English, or over 80% of the total exam.This is the book that tells you the answers to: What points should I include? How long should my answers be? How do I start? How do I finish? How are essays marked?Check out the guidelines, samplers and useful examiners comments in the book.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Shortcuts To Success .

There are 164 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2005 by Gill .

Martin Kieran and Frances Rocks teach in St Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk. They are both experienced examiners and have written several Leaving Cert English textbooks.