REVISION GUIDANCE

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REVISION GUIDANCE

• Classics Ancient History
• University of Bristol

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REVISION

• PRAGMATISM
• Focus on whats essential arguments and ideas,
  not just facts and quotes. Read around the
  subject, not just your notes.
• PLANNING
• Cover all your units properly, but dont be too
  inflexible.
• PRACTICE
• How long since you last wrote by hand, or under
  time pressure?
• PREPARATION
• Sleep. Eat sensibly. Exercise. Listen to
  energising music.
• PERSPECTIVE
• It is only an exam...

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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
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EXAM GUIDANCE

• ANSWER the question
• Prepare sufficient topics so you can answer any
  question.
• EVIDENCE and support for your points
• No vague assertions but no quotes or footnotes
  required.
• INTERPRETATION and argument
• Engage with scholarly debates, not just narrative
  or description.
• ORGANISATION
• Plan your answers, leave enough time for all
  questions.
• UNFLAPPABILITY

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Referring, not References

• ESSAY
• Herodotus described his work as a historie -
  This is the exposition (apodexis) of the inquiry
  (historie) of Herodotus of Halikarnassos (I.1)
  but the precise meaning of that term, and the
  status of his work as history in any modern
  sense, is widely disputed (see e.g. Finley 1986
  Cartledge 1993 18-35).
• EXAM
• Herodotus described his work as a historie, an
  enquiry however, modern scholars disagree over
  the precise meaning of that term, as well as
  whether his work can be considered history in
  a modern sense.

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