AQA- English Literature at AS Level, Literature B

My exam is in 10 days; I want to die.

Pretty pretty please can someone help me out with the Lotus Eaters and Tithonus? I'd be happy to help with anything in return... I'm studying Gatsby, Enduring Love, Auden and Tennyson

haha sameee! not looking forward to this exam AT ALL. what do you want help with in particular? e.g. form, structure, language, imagery, motifs, symbolisms etc..?

Hey ! first, breathe, we can do this! :P

I can help with Rossetti, I'm typing up my notes this weekend and I'm not doing P&P but I LOVE IT! so any questions and I'll see if I can help
Form : is what it is, a poem or a novel and the significance of this
Structure: how it is set out, so stanzas in a poem...where events happen in the book

that is how I understand it anyway?

Actual Exam, learn what AOs are tested when
Section A (a) - Only A02 = Form Structure and Language
Section A (b) - AO1, AO3, AO4 = style, interpretations and context

Section B - AO1, A02, A03 = style, language form and structure and interpretations.
We could do some past questions on Rossetti if you like? I'm planning on doing that or Tennyson (my other poet) for Section A

I'm abit confused, could someone help me please? My teacher is always saying make sure you analyse and evaluate your points. He says to P.E.E.D - point, evidence, explain, develop. Could someone give me an example of how to analyse/evaluate language, form or structure?

okay... so I'm studying the Great Gatsby, so I'll give you an example from that?

In chapter 2, Fitzgerald employs alliteration (point) 'grotesque gardens' (evidence) in an attempt to phonetically enhance the ugliness of the Valley of Ashes (explain), thus highlighting the substantial contrast in the entities of wealth; perhaps this location is a physical representation of the corruption of the Roaring Twenties (develop)

hope this helps

Thank you, this was really helpful.

Hey, I did this exam last year and got 120/120. For Section A, I did the Great Gatsby. For Section B, I did Browning, Hardy and Enduring Love.
The best advice I can give is to always bear the assessment objectives in mind. For the AS exam, AO2 (analysis of language, form, structure) carries more marks than the other AOs. So, always think about narrative perspective, voice, syntax, authorial methods and devices, etc.
I've read that quite a few people tend to lose marks for AO3 as well. For this AO, consider different ways in which the argument in question may be interpreted, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of both sides. This can basically mean looking at how aspects of the text - such as language - can be taken to mean different things.
You can also answer AO3 and AO4 simultaneously by comparing the effect had on both modern and contemporary readers.
Coming to think of it, all of that is perhaps too complex for the AS exam (probs more for A2 - bore in mind the above methods for my A2 cwk and got 80/80).
But anyway, I have a copy of my exam paper if anyone would like to read it. Should explain what's required of you perhaps more articulately than the way I've explained it here. Feel free to message me if you want some help.
Hope I helped!

Hey, I did this exam last year and got 120/120. For Section A, I did the Great Gatsby. For Section B, I did Browning, Hardy and Enduring Love.
The best advice I can give is to always bear the assessment objectives in mind. For the AS exam, AO2 (analysis of language, form, structure) carries more marks than the other AOs. So, always think about narrative perspective, voice, syntax, authorial methods and devices, etc.
I've read that quite a few people tend to lose marks for AO3 as well. For this AO, consider different ways in which the argument in question may be interpreted, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of both sides. This can basically mean looking at how aspects of the text - such as language - can be taken to mean different things.
You can also answer AO3 and AO4 simultaneously by comparing the effect had on both modern and contemporary readers.
Coming to think of it, all of that is perhaps too complex for the AS exam (probs more for A2 - bore in mind the above methods for my A2 cwk and got 80/80).
But anyway, I have a copy of my exam paper if anyone would like to read it. Should explain what's required of you perhaps more articulately than the way I've explained it here. Feel free to message me if you want some help.
Hope I helped!

Oh god, I'm really worrying about this exam! I've got two days left, I feel like I know enduring love really well and I know Auden a little, but I think I'm going to struggle with Gatsby and Rosetti! We have hardly done anything on Rosetti at my college! Can someone please help me out! I really want to get an A because I am taking four AS's this year, and I want to go to Warwick to study physics, and I'm on for an A for both maths and physics so I should be alright but I need an A in english because I have Media :/ but I hate it, also critical thinking but that's a waste of time.

can i have a read of it please!!!!

I'll trade you Gatsby notes for Auden!

Sure!!!!

wow, just returned to my panic thread from last year....I got a B in this exam in the end. But I have all typed up notes for Rossetti and Tennyson if anyone wants them. Plus might be able to dig up some Gatsby/Enduring Love ones..but can't promise that.

Good luck guys!

okay! Anything you want to know in particular?