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guys I have my eng prelim, if I have 5 quotes per paragraph (I got 2 paragraphs for body 😞😞😞) is that okay my teacher wants more but its unrealistic for 40 mins to have more.
 

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Well I’m still here as a qualified English teacher to help year 12 2025 as needed . Good luck everyone. The final stage of your journey is about to begin
 

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guys I have my eng prelim, if I have 5 quotes per paragraph (I got 2 paragraphs for body 😞😞😞) is that okay my teacher wants more but its unrealistic for 40 mins to have more.
ive always done 2 quotes and 2 body paragraphs #yolo. i def would not be doing 5, if i was you id choose your best 3 quotes and flesh them out more and add more analysis + audience impact
 

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guys I have my eng prelim, if I have 5 quotes per paragraph (I got 2 paragraphs for body 😞😞😞) is that okay my teacher wants more but its unrealistic for 40 mins to have more.
Well I feel like if you included any more quotes you wouldn't really have time to have detailed analysis, I find 4 quotes per paragraph a bit much LOL. Like I think generally an essay at abt 1k words is reasonable for 40 mins
 

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guys I have my eng prelim, if I have 5 quotes per paragraph (I got 2 paragraphs for body 😞😞😞) is that okay my teacher wants more but its unrealistic for 40 mins to have more.
I mean considering you have 5-6 I think it's good for yr11, I did like around the same. My teacher recommended to do 7-9 in preparation for yr12 but I didn't rlly listen and still did good. 5 quotes will be good assuming each paragraph will be around 500 words, I'm assuming?
 

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I mean considering you have 5-6 I think it's good for yr11, I did like around the same. My teacher recommended to do 7-9 in preparation for yr12 but I didn't rlly listen and still did good. 5 quotes will be good assuming each paragraph will be around 500 words, I'm assuming?
yeah my teacher told us our competition will have 10 but I feel like that has to be exaggeration
 

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Well I feel like if you included any more quotes you wouldn't really have time to have detailed analysis, I find 4 quotes per paragraph a bit much LOL. Like I think generally an essay at abt 1k words is reasonable for 40 mins
do you think 3 quotes per paragraph (its like 400-500 words for a body) is sufficient? I rlly don't wanna memorise too many quotes
 

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from memory, my teacher says that there should be a minimum of 3 quotes per paragraph but I've heard from my friends in year 12 they do fewer quotes but analyze the heck out of them.
 
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yeah my teacher told us our competition will have 10 but I feel like that has to be exaggeration
its probably like small quotes which they embed into their analysis. that being said it depends on the module and structure you're doing, i think something like mod a it's def possible to have 10 quotes if theyre short esp since you're comparing two texts. there's diff ways to approach it tho, id say 3 is just scraping it, probs id recommend 4 minimum per para, i think you can strike a good balance between detail and good quote amnt w that number.
 

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do you think 3 quotes per paragraph (its like 400-500 words for a body) is sufficient? I rlly don't wanna memorise too many quotes
Yeah definitely. I know a lot of people who do 3 quotes per paragraph for their essays
 

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Guys I'm cooked for my chem prelim. Which topics should I focus on (I have 10 days)
I'm personally putting pressure on the main topics like Atomic Structure and Periodicity, Chemical Bonding, Quantitative Chemistry, Chemical Reactions and Thermodynamics, good luck
 

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Has anyone else lost all motivation during prelims? I lost motivation in the MIDDLE of my english exam 😭

After 3 hours of continuous writing I literally was not bothered writing anymore. I wrote 3 pages for the poetry section when the minimum should've been 4. I had time to write, as well as some analysis, but i could not be bothered so I just read over my SAC section in the remaining 15 minutes.

I don't know why but I cannot bring myself to do anything but sleep, and I've been bombing everything. I have SoR tmr can and I cannot be assed to study any further. Im worried because it's only the first week and I have 5 more exams. Is anyone else feeling so burnt out?
 

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