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How to Write an "A" Exam in 4 Easy Steps

Learn how to:

Spot the issues, using the skills of active reading to mark up your exam question;

Organize and plan the answer, developing a down-and-dirty graphic device to keep your answer organized; and

Write an "A" answer while avoiding common blunders that undermine exam grades.


Compare the "A" - "D" Answers
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Exam Busters illustrates and explains an "A" answer, but it goes beyond that.

Exam Busters also illustrates and explains answers that would be graded "B," "C," and "D."

Designed by professors with years of experience grading exams, these sample answers target the common blunders that students commit over and over and that you can avoid on your exams.

 
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Notice: The Exam Buster describes the ideal approach to exam taking. We describe the ideal by making all the reasoning and planning that goes into writing an exam completely explicit.

Exam Buster Model

In any real exam, you will do a lot of this quickly and automatically in your head.
The goal of Exam Buster is to make your real-life exam taking come as close to the ideal as possible.
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Contracts: The Mirror Image Rule and U.C.C. 2-207

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This Exam Buster contains the full explication of Part I: Plan the Answer and Part II: Write the Answer.
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Criminal Law: Actus Reus: Voluntary Act; Omissions Liability

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This Exam Buster contains the full explication of Part I: Plan the Answer and Part II: Write the Answer.
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Criminal Law: Mistake of Law

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The "B" Answer - Click here to open a .pdf of the "B" answer.

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The "D" Answer - Click here to open a .pdf of the "D" answer.
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Contracts: The Parol Evidence Rule

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Torts: Causation

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The Unmarked Question - Click here to open a .pdf of the unmarked question.

The "A" Answer - Click here to open a .pdf of the "A" answer.

The "B" Answer - Click here to open a .pdf of the "B" answer.

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The "D" Answer - Click here to open a .pdf of the "D" answer.
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