<p>We've been doing quick writes in class and so many people are getting 8's (well, granted, many are getting 5's and below). I've been getting 6's. And I don't know how to improve. I've asked the teacher, and she says to develop my ideas more, but how? How do I do this? I know this sounds really ridiculous, but I don't know how much further I have to develop. What ideas do I incorporate? How can I get that 8?</p>
<p>I’m getting 5’s, not really worried as my teachers say that I can easily reach an 8.</p>
<p>I think it all comes down to clarity with the ideas you’re expressing. I’ve read some boring as **** essays who barely scratch the surface of the ideas they can develop however they still get good grades since they explain the relationships between the words, themes, tones and such.</p>
<p>Regardless of what I just said, knowing how to define relationships in literature is pretty crucial. I think the idea’s are more thought of as the extra 1 or 2 points.</p>
<p>With that said, ideas can be anything, I’m a pretty . . . out of the box? person and I have no problem writing about BS and to some extent successfully connecting the idea (which I do! However not with clarity)</p>
<p>But yeah. </p>
<p>CLARITY. (I would say, but someone is gonna smoke me in a second with a better post :3 )</p>
<p>Don’t worry. You can definitely get a 5 on the exam with 6’s… though it depends on your multiple choice skills. In my class only about 3 8’s were given the entire year, but that probably means my teacher is a hard marker xP.</p>
<p>Anyway, it seems she wants you to put more detail into the ideas you express, or go beyond superficial arguments and look for deeper meanings.</p>