You do one topic with 2 prescribed texts and 2 of your own choice.
Isn't it three prescribed texts? We're doing three :|
You're the first person who told me not to memorise essays.
Seriously? Maybe you just weren't listening...?
Anyway.
You may find that the top students don't actually memorise the entire essay per se - they memorise the techniques and composer's intent behind them. It makes them (and us) more versatile students when exam time comes around.
And no, I can't guarantee you a 95+ mark. Mostly because I have no idea what kind of student you are, sorry. But appealing to your logic here, doesn't it make more sense to memorise techniques and concepts that would fit every question rather than learning one concrete response off by heart.
As a close friend of mine said in English near our prelim exams:
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'Cause you're so much better off memorising every question ever created than learning the techniques!"
Pre-learned responses limit the marks you can get in the exam... because the markers hate them with a passion. It's better, and more original, and less lazy, to come up with an original line of argument and write an essay that answers the question throughout. They can tell if you've used a generic essay and just referenced the question in the intro before veering off onto the tangent of your choice.
Wow, what a rant. Sorry about that.