memorising! (1 Viewer)

[merna7]

hey guys,

question: how long does it take YOU to memorise an essay???? and how do you memorise it..????

 

[Spiritual Being]

Write it out four times, under timed conditions. That's what it takes for word for word memory (me). Normally, I just read over it and expand on important parts during the exam where the marks are more centered on.

 

[madharris]

If it's an english essay then 2-3 hours for short term
Repeat that for 2 - 4 days if you want to 100% memorise it

 

[BigBadBader]

i just write it out like 4 times timing myself. you are able to remember it and you end up training under timed conditions which improves your writing speed

 

[bhsrepresent]

If you really concentrate and absorb what you read you can memorise in less than 2-3 hours, and to consolidate what's in your head write it out 1-2 times

But ideally DON'T wait to the night before/ wake up really early morning of (thats me!) to memorise, start reading your essay weeks out from your exam and it won't be hard at all

 

[Streetboy]

i just write it out like 4 times timing myself. you are able to remember it and you end up training under timed conditions which improves your writing speed

Exacly, good point there, mate.

I colour code my essays, I can't stress this enough- color code all your quotes in the Essay and use different color for your techniques. Just like I did my Atar below and then I look at it in bed for about 4 hours.

 

[mariannebags]

reading it out aloud may also help. Colour coding also works for memorising formula!!

 

[albertcamus]

Yeah colour coding helps - for once Omed is helpful.

Also, if you know your essay well enough and have refined it throughout the term/week, you already "know" it so it really only takes 2-3 hours max. to get little details right and memorise it down to the word.

 

[enoilgam]

Also, if you know your essay well enough and have refined it throughout the term/week, you already "know" it so it really only takes 2-3 hours max. to get little details right and memorise it down to the word.

Agreed - a lot of it depends on how familiar you are with the response. Generally speaking, if I have recently written an essay, it takes me about an hour to memorise it sentence by sentence and about two to have it down really tight (this is for a 1,000 word response). For the few I have done in uni, a sentence for sentence memorisation was sufficient.

Also, the more experience you have with memorising the better you are at it - in Year 10, it took me around 3 or 4 hours just to learn 400 words worth. By the end of year 12 I could do 1,000 words in about an hour (which has stayed the same since, because I dont really do memorised response nearly as much anymore).