Any tips on writing a good timed essay?

<p>^^ Title question. I'm about to take an entrance exam into AP ENG, any tips please for doing well on a timed essay please? </p>

<p>Oh yes, the prompt is usually poem/passage analysis.</p>

<p>Take your time, write down your thoughts/outline first before fleshing everything out.</p>

<p>Oh, and if it’s a poem, make sure it’s not something wild or remotely off what the common analysis is…that cost me a couple of points on my poetry test >.<</p>

<p>Take a lot of time to write your thesis.</p>