Hello guys, happy Monday! How are you doing? I hope your weekend was phenomenal. Today I'm going to be sharing with you how exactly I study for the two question types that I've focused on, in my previous 4 1/2 years of quizzing - Generals and According To's. In this first post, I'll be talking about Generals, and in my next one, I'll be talking about According To's. So lets hop right into this one! But first off, I want to talk a little bit about why doing Generals and According To's is such a great fit for a quizzer, especially if you're looking to take your quizzing capabilities to the next level. So of course, General questions make up more than half of a quiz round (11 out of the 20 questions), and According To's are the next most-common questions (4 out of 20 questions). Because of that, right off the bat, if you can learn how to do these two questions types really well, then you can basically own three fourths of any given quiz round (assuming your studying's going good :P). That's pretty cool! Also, studying for one of these types can really enhance your ability to perform in the other type - but I'll talk about that a little more later on :P. So here we go... how I study for Generals... Reading: You've probably heard me say this before, but the absolute number one thing that I do to study for this question type, is to just read - and read a LOT. But there's a certain way of reading, that is more beneficial than other ways of reading. To get the most out of your reading, you have to intentionally focus on the words on the page. Try to transport yourself into the book. Shut out all of your surroundings, tell all of your other thoughts to be quiet, and - Absorb. Every. Word. Try to really think about the words themselves, and what they mean, and see it in your head, as you continue to read. The way you think while you're reading is a big part of getting the most out of it - and I'm sorry if I'm not able to explain it very well :P. But in general (pun intended), if you're going to read, focus all of your energy on that. Reading doesn't have to be just a "light studying" technique. If you use it the right way, it can even be a "heavy studying" technique, too. Also, when you read like this (intentionally, and with full-focus), read it so much that you get to the place where you can nearly quote it - in my experience, that's the level where most of the highest competitors in Generals are. They've just absorbed it so much, that each individual phrase and sentence flows right into the next one, and they can see what's going to happen next. Running Questions: Another great way to study for Generals, is just to run a ton of questions. I remember, in January of my second year (I guess that was January 2015), I tried to do 100 general questions on quiz master, every day, with my studying. And at the end of the month, the Bethany Invitational was probably the best tournament I'd had yet. That season turned out to be great, and I made a regional team for the first time. Don't underestimate the power of just running tons and tons questions. It not only gets the actual questions into your head (and the pre-jumps), but it also introduces you to the rhythm of the quiz material. In my experience, each quiz material has had a slightly different rhythm (and I'll probably do a post on that sometime later), and you have to learn that rhythm, and get in sync with it, in order to quiz to the best of your ability. Learning the rhythm basically has to do with speed, and when you'll be able to get just enough unique information to answer correctly, but also has to do with the concepts in the quiz material, and how they are worded in that version - like I said, I'll probably just do a separate post on this, later on in the future). Extra Helps: A few extra things I try to do, while I'm studying specifically for General questions, is to learn the unique words and phrases, paying attention to the W's and H (who, what, when, where, why, and how), and thinking about the material in regard to "facts". I'll go into each of those a little deeper. Unique words and phrases will have a spot in your head as you read and absorb the material to the point of near-memorization, but it's always a good idea to spend a little extra time solidifying and sharpening your knowledge of them and where they are. To do this, you can use the unique word/phrase list, which is at the back of the quiz portions, or just go through and pick out and study the words that are in bold, in the actual text. Paying attention to the W's and H, in studying and while running questions/on the jumpseats, is a great way to separate and organize the material in your head. This is one of the reasons I always liked the highlighted quiz portions. And finally, thinking about the material in regard to "facts". That's probably a little confusing, especially since we're not quizzing over a gospel or Acts this season. Instead, we're quizzing over, mostly, spiritual concepts - we're quizzing over God's instructions about "how to life". Pretty awesome, but sometimes hard to quiz over :P. So when you're reading it, just take a little phrase: "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing." (2 Corinthians 4:3), and don't think of the meaning behind it, when you're trying to learn it for a quiz meet. Learn the meaning behind it, so that you can understand it, but when you're just trying to get it in your head, you don't have to be deep and theological. Just say, "if their gospel is veiled," (time/condition) "it is veiled to those who are perishing" (type of people/a who). This makes studying a lot easier for me. So that's all I have for you guys today! Sorry it was a bit shorter than usual. If you want a little more content, you can check out my latest vlog that I just posted on Saturday: Vlog #11 - Our Individual Significance. This has probably been my favorite video that I've made so far ;).
But anyways, I hope that you have a great week, and I am over-the-moon excited to see you guys at the Bethany Invitational this weekend! Never forget who you are, and keep quizzing and living victoriously, because it's literally your birthright. Love you guys! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory
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