{"id":1449566,"date":"2022-11-20T22:50:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T03:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1449566"},"modified":"2022-11-30T23:07:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T04:07:49","slug":"sparkachieve-your-best-finals-grades-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/sparkachieve-your-best-finals-grades-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"SparkAchieve Your Best Finals Grades Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sparkachieve.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1449583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sparkachieve.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sparkachieve-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For some people, finals are like an cloud of dread looming heavy on the horizon\u2014inevitable and always in sight. For others, they&#8217;re more like that guy Eric from Biology class who inexplicably kicks you in the shins and then runs away laughing. But whatever your study persona\u2014whether you&#8217;re a cloud-of-doom scholar or a hopeless case of this-exam-is-a shin-kick-from-Eric-that-I-did-not-see-coming\u2014here are some tips and tricks that can help you maintain your sanity and achieve\u00e2\u20ac\u201cnay, <strong><em>SparkAchieve<\/em><\/strong>\u2014your best grades ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For making flashcards&#8230;<\/strong> Flashcards are pretty much the worst thing ever\u2014they take forever to make, and if you drop them outside on a windy day, well, don&#8217;t even get me started. But they&#8217;re super effective in terms of rote memorization. So if you need to memorize all the treaties of World War II, but you don&#8217;t actually care about all the treaties of World War II, this is how you force that information into your brain. Since this is 2022, you don&#8217;t even need actual, tangible notecards\u2014you can put them on your phone with one of the many free flashcard apps (iFlash, Flashcards+, etc.), or, even better, you can sign up for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/plus\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/plus\/\" target=\"_blank\">SparkNotes PLUS<\/a> and use the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/plus\/?val=flashcards\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/plus\/?val=flashcards\" target=\"_blank\">brillz flashcards <\/a>we created for you! We&#8217;ve got 50 cards for each of our top 75 titles, meaning that it&#8217;s never been easier to SparkAchieve an A. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For quizzing yourself&#8230; <\/strong>It&#8217;s not always easy getting someone to help you study, particularly if this person is not a classmate or your parent and has no vested interest in your academic achievement. That&#8217;s where our Quick Quizzes come in, and we have them for more than 100 titles! They cover major events in every chapter\/act, important characters, significant literary devices, and more! (Check out <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/gatsby\/canalysis\/?quickquiz_id=54\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/gatsby\/canalysis\/?quickquiz_id=54\" target=\"_blank\">this one for the major characters<\/a> in <em>The Great Gatsby,<\/em> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/shakespeare\/hamlet\/themes\/?quickquiz_id=124\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/shakespeare\/hamlet\/themes\/?quickquiz_id=124\" target=\"_blank\">this one for the themes, motifs, and symbols<\/a> in <em>Hamlet<\/em>).<strong> <\/strong>It&#8217;s all the fun of taking quizzes without the added dread of sitting in a classroom and knowing the clock is counting down, forcing you to make tough decisions in fits of frantic desperation like you&#8217;re a character in the <em>Saw<\/em> movies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For writing essays&#8230; <\/strong>Citing sources is a pain in the butt, because Past You and Present You have completely different priorities. Past You just wanted to get this quote down before your brain imploded; Present You is now wading through a sea of notes trying to find the source. Fortunately, we&#8217;ve got an<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/writinghelp\/citing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/writinghelp\/citing\/\" target=\"_blank\"> entire Citation guide<\/a> to help you navigate the ins and outs of citing sources, so you can SparkAchieve an A even in the terrifying face of MLA, APA, and and Chicago Manual of Style citations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now go forth and ace your finals\u2014it&#8217;s time to SparkAchieve your best grades ever!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some people, finals are like an cloud of dread looming heavy on the horizon\u2014inevitable and always in sight. 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