Using "P+P" and "Letters..." in exam?? (1 Viewer)

[Wincannon]

Well like the title says, will anyone be using any abbreviations such as in the title in the exam tomorrow?

If so, how will you be 'declaring' it?

 

[MatildaR]

I'm using another text but i just go. . .

"This can be seen in a comparison of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' (FS) and Ridley Scott's 'Bladerunner' (BR)"

And then refer to then as FS or BR afterwards

 

[ashleighjade]

I agree with MatildaR.
Tomorrow I'll be replying with abbreviations as titles can be cumbersome to continuously write.
When you introduce your texts in the introduction, do it then - the 'declaring'. Markers will know that hereafter you will refer to the text 'titles' as these abbreviations. =)
Of course, in saying that, not everything can be abbreviated. Try to abbreviate as little as possible. Instead of abbreviating to save time, expend more effort on being concise - in other words, cut out sentences that you really don't need.

 

[k mac]

Lets say you abbreviate Frankenstein, so you write
In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" (FS)........

Does that mean when you write the abbreviated name, you write
In Mary Shelley's FS there is....
OR
In Mary Shelley's "FS" there is....

So yea basically do you need quotation marks around the abbraviations?

 

[Nª!j∂♫]

i asked a similar question the other day..
i have John Donne's "this is my playes last scene" to rewrite about ten times..
i just say (in my intro)
another text bla bla is John Donne's "This Is my Playes Last Scene" ("Last Scene")
then refer to it as that for the rest of the essay..
i think it's less disruptive than writing TIMPLS (hehe) throughout, and having the examiner
getting frustrated at having to decode all the abbreviations throughout.. :]

 

[Nª!j∂♫]

but if you decide to use abbreviations, use quotation marks.