When it comes to in-class essays, no one can remember the specifics! But if you can use enough information to make it look like you know what you're talking about, you'll be in the clear. Teachers just want to see that the students are at least learning something, and it helps out their conscience if you use big names, dates, and events to get your way through an essay you don't know a lot about.
Let's say that you get this in-class essay question: How did the regions of the North and South in the US change from 1800-1850? Let's also say, for the example, that you have no idea how to answer this. Well, specifics can get you there! First remember events with names, like the Panic of 1837 or the Compromise of 1850. Then, try thinking about the ways that these events made the North and South different (one was a financial crisis, which the North avoided but the South experienced, and the other allowed slavery to be an option for territories, favoring the South).
Next, find events that correlate with the topics of these outcomes, for instance, in the categories of economical and political. Heck, you could even throw a social event in there and see how it does. What matters in the end is that you understand why these events made the regions different, and if you can make it legible, then you're in business!
Use specifics to get you out of a pinch in essay writing! It can save your grades, and it can make your teacher feel like they're teaching something!
-Pharaoh Noh-Tyep
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