COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE KEY CONCEPTS
PRACTICE QUESTIONS and EXAM
PREPARATION
Plagiarism -CORRECT ANSWER-using/ presenting other people's work
as if it was yours; taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
deadline -CORRECT ANSWER-A date or time when a project, report, or
assignment must be finished; a date by which you must hand in the work
to submit an essay -CORRECT ANSWER-hand in an essay
feedback -CORRECT ANSWER-comments from the teacher/tutor
carry out research -CORRECT ANSWER-to do research (less formal)
to cram -CORRECT ANSWER-study in a very concentrated way for a
short time/ to revise intensively in a short period of time
genius -CORRECT ANSWER-an exceptionally clever person
, to do some revision -CORRECT ANSWER-study of work you have done,
in order to prepare for an exam
past papers -CORRECT ANSWER-exam papers from previous years
Memorise -CORRECT ANSWER-to learn something so that you
remember it exactly/ to learn by heart/ to commit to memory
Learnt off by heart -CORRECT ANSWER-memorised
rote-learning -CORRECT ANSWER-learning purely by repetition rather
than through understanding
mnemonics -CORRECT ANSWER-memory aids, especially those
techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices e.g. 'i' before
'e' except after 'c'.
to bury yourself in your books -CORRECT ANSWER-spend the
maximum time studying
intensively -CORRECT ANSWER-in a very focused way
to know something inside and out -CORRECT ANSWER-know it
completely
essay -CORRECT ANSWER-longer than a composition, more serious,
hundreds or thousands of words