Shortcuts to Success teach you the exam success tips that have been shown to work.  Written by teachers with a proven track record of exam success, they will show you how to achieve your best results.

• You will need top-class essay-writing skills for the questions on: Comprehending (Paper 1) Composing (Paper 1) Study of the single text (Paper 2) Comparative study (Paper 2) Prescribed poetry (Paper 2)
• Remember, these questions are worth 330 marks out of 400 for Leaving Cert Higher Level English, or over 80% of the total exam.
• This is the book that tells you the answers to: ‘What points should I include?’ ‘How long should my answers be?’ ‘How do I start?’ ‘How do I finish?’ ‘How are essays marked?’
• Check out the guidelines, samplers and useful examiner’s comments in the book.

Martin Kieran and Frances Rocks teach at St Vincent’s Secondary School, Dundalk. They have corrected Leaving Certificate English exam papers for many years and have also written several textbooks.