Writing Strategies

On the OSSLT, you'll have to write several different kinds of things:

Short answer responses

• • • Reading-based responses (including the summary paragraph)

    • Opinion questions

Long answer responses

• • • The series of paragraphs (the opinion essay)

Each kind of question requires different writing strategies. For detailed information on how to tackle the different kinds of questions, take a look at the pages we have on each of the different kinds of writing question.

You'll also have to answer multiple choice questions about the readings. For tips and tricks on answering multiple choice questions, see the Multiple Choice Questions page