hahaha it's indirect memorizing through writing a lot of essays.
Because i chose standard english and as everyone knows it has the worst aligning so i had to pick up my game and ensure i got ranked first internally and was an outlier which thankfully happened. And because this is last year of belonging, i have this strong feeling questions might be slightly harder so have to expose myself to as many questions as possible. I've put in a shit tonne of effort for english
Despite not liking it, it was something i had to do.
Also with the creative, i've been told numerous times, big marks are awarded if you answer the question and incorporate the stimulus into your story and not by having a simile in every line. So by doing a lot of creatives, not only does it force you into a habit of constantly checking the question and answering it, but also testing your ability to mould your creative writing to different types of stimuli.