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My English teachers always tell me to put more techniques in my essays. What's a good guideline for the number of quotes and techniques in one paragraph (about 200-250 words)?

I've run into some problems with these: 1)Find values of k if x^2-(k+2)x+k+1=0 (A) has consecutive roots (B) reciprocal roots 2)If x=2 is double root of ax^4-2x^3-8x+16=0, find the value of a and the sum of the other two roots

I've got series induction down, but I need help on divisibility: Prove 5^n-1 is divisble by 4 for all positive integers.

In my VA exams, I tend to muck up when it comes to unseen plates. I can bs out a couple of points, but I can't really expand on them. I'm fine with the essay as I've already got all the information memorised and a practise essay already done. It always amazes me when they give you a whole page...

I've been doing average in my English essays. 80% of the reason why, I believe, is because I don't put many techniques into my paragraphs. The problem is, I have trouble finding techniques. What do you do if you find a really good quote but you can't find a technique for it? Like this: "I...

:jawdrop:Big, bad problem. My half yearly is coming up on Thursday (that's a day and a half away) and I need some major help on writing Ext 1 essays. I know how to write normal, advanced Eng essays, with the structure and everything, but I've never written an Ext essay so far. My teacher has...

I simply don't understand how they expect us to be creative in 40 minutes. You need to build your character, plot, etc. in such a short amount of time. How do you prepare for the creative writing section in an exam? Apart from simply remembering a story you wrote and moulding it around the...

So I've just got my application to Duke of Ed approved (going for gold:awesome:!) but I'm absolutely stumped about the whole assessor thing. Are there official assessors whom you have to go to??? Or can you just ask someone to be your assessor?

Physics has been my worst enemy since starting Year 11. Science has always been a pain from Years 7-10. My half-yearlies are a couple of weeks away and I've barely made any study notes. My teacher isn't very...good. He tends to go off-topic alot and assumes that we know everything we've been...

I've been thinking about my future a lot lately, and decided that trading shares would help it somewhat. The problem is, I've never paid attention in Commerce in Yr 9 when we played the ASX share game. I started a game on Stock Watch so that I'll be able to practise... So I've come here to...