When I write essays, I look at what I'm supposed to be talking about, find a quote that seems relevant, and write a load of pretentious garbage. It's worked for me so far, as far as I can remember, all my coursework in English is grade A, or atleast a C or above. So yeh. The next best thing to that is to actually know what you're talking about.
I once wrote an essay on how teachers expect essays to be and how VERY WRONG they are. That, instead of doing what my assignment was actually supposed to be on.
Have you ever had to do an essay using the "Jane Schaffer" paragraph method? It's horrendous! I used to be good at writing essays, I used to enjoy it a little (depending on the subject) but ever since Jane Schaffer came along, our English teachers have been shoving her method at us. It makes everything so bland, and it's all really unnecessary, I think.
i remember writing a civics paper at midnight and the next morning i couldn't even understand what i'd written.
i got full marks on it. ._.;
I once wrote an essay on how teachers expect essays to be and how VERY WRONG they are. That, instead of doing what my assignment was actually supposed to be on.
I got full points. Imagine my expression.