<p>My teacher is extremely tough. Right now, our class average is a low C.</p>
<p>I want to improve and asked my teacher, but all she said was "Practice in Class"
....</p>
<p>Can anyone who took Lit or is taking Lit offer some help??</p>
<p>Like... what/how do you write essays and analyze poetry?? How do you make sure it is like 100% correct (b/c if you misread in our class, it's an automatic D). My teacher criticizes my writing style sometimes and wants it to be more professional. Any advice?? </p>
<p>Any help on Multiple Choice exams would be appreciated as well.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I really need some help guys…</p>
<p>Best advice I can give you is to adapt to your teacher’s preferred writing style. Get samples of people who have scored well in your teacher’s class and adopt their writing style. This doesn’t mean copy word for word but just notice their paragraph structure, thesis (if it’s an essay). If your teacher wants direct and to the point writing, write that. If your teacher wants flowery, metaphorical language, you should write that way. Honestly, there is no set answer to this question. But since your teacher gives you the grade, you should definitely adapt to his/her expectations. Also, maybe you could ask for a rubric and pour over it before you actually take the essay (if there are essays). </p>
<p>Again, if your teacher cannot tell you how to do better in the class, ask classmates who are currently doing well. Ask them for their strategies and approach.</p>
<p>I also agree with lolilaughed. I’m taking AP Lit right now, and so far (or for the entire year), you have to play the teacher’s game for essays (lucky me…). Even though I don’t like that concept (since we might play our teacher’s game for completely different graders on the AP exam 
), what she wants is reasonable, which is what I think you can apply to your essays: explain everything as if you’re presenting to someone who knows nothing of the subject. It’s almost like (I’m almost quoting my teacher) you’re holding someone’s hand and you’re walking him or her gently down the road without any sudden jolts or jumps or anything like that.</p>
<p>Would somebody like to provide poetry advice, now?</p>
<p>for poetry, i kinda like to do a two step process:</p>
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<li><p>Look at the external format of the poem such as rhyme scheme, puncutation, stanzaic division…like for example, lot of question marks–> inquisitive, commas–> contemplative, and kinda ask urself, why poet does this?</p></li>
<li><p>then do an internal analysis. key is identifying tone and then things fall into place from there. look at various devices and elements and how they get across the tone or message.</p></li>
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