AQA Literature Exam Today -reaction-

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Hmm.. thinking about my exam, I've become rather worried about the state of my handwriting.. :/
My teachers are always having a go at me for it being too small, and a lot of them struggle to read it. In the exam, I wrote 10 pages, and by page four, my handwriting had totally deteriorated. I could still read it, but I'm afraid someone else may not be able to..
If they can't read my handwriting at first glance, will they just not bother trying to decipher it and discard it, or are there, like, markers who are hired especially to read illegible handwriting..?

My handwriting is equally criticized as well for being small but they somehow always manage to read it when it comes to exams Wouldn't worry too much about it!

I didn't do as well on the poems but I still think I did ok. I couldn't decide which question to do, and in hindsight the disturbed mind one was probably the best, but I went for the last question about how family attitudes are presented. I mentioned:

In both 'On My First Sonne and 'Mother...' the family relationship is described in metaphorical terms, with the former coming across as only temporary and the latter having a sense of permanence.

The parents in both these poems seem to have a selfish kind of love-Ben Jonson knows he should be happy for his son but he grieves anyway, while the mother holds back the son seeking independence

The way the endings reflected the family attitudes. Jonson seems disillusioned and vows never to love again, with the switch from 1st to 3rd person at the end reflecting how he is now distancing himself from loved ones. In contrast, since the perspective is reversed, 'Mother' ends on a positive note as the son is excited at the prospect of independence.

How both 'My Last Duchess' and 'Homecoming' both use alliteration when discussing family members to create a sinister tone.

How both of the narrators feel they haven't been treated with the resepect they deserve. The Duke can't understand why his wife doesn't appreciate his family name, as is evident from the frequent use of caesura, whereas 'Homecoming' uses the symbolism of the yellow jacket being 'uncoupled from its hook' to show how the child has been neglected.

That's pretty much what I wrote, in a nutshell. :P
What did you do for the poetry question?

And what did anyone else who did the poetry question on family attitudes mention? It seems like few people chose that one.

Hmm.. thinking about my exam, I've become rather worried about the state of my handwriting.. :/
My teachers are always having a go at me for it being too small, and a lot of them struggle to read it. In the exam, I wrote 10 pages, and by page four, my handwriting had totally deteriorated. I could still read it, but I'm afraid someone else may not be able to..
If they can't read my handwriting at first glance, will they just not bother trying to decipher it and discard it, or are there, like, markers who are hired especially to read illegible handwriting..?

Don't you get a transcript or anything similar to that if your handwriting is not always legible.

I don't know, I certainly don't
It isn't totally illegible, it's just that as I get further into essay exams (past the fifth page or so), my handwriting steadily gets messier. It looks like I misspell half of the words because letters kind of run into each other, stuff like that.

i didnt write enough. only 1 and half pages for lord of the flies and 2 and a half for poems , family attitudes. I know that I shoulnt complain if I get an A, but I want an A* so much and I am predicted, end of the world if I dont get it, dosent look like I will though

Arhh well, I'll just hope it makes not much difference to the grade, when you get alevels they kinda overide gcse's after all this was just an extra.
Not like not getting this will make a big difference I already got the grades I need for college. & that's when the serious work should defo start.

Lol, A*.

Lol I wasn't trying to brag about getting a B. I was just saying because I chose a fairly unsuitable poem because we hadn't really studied the other choices much, so I was just saying it to show people it's not the end of world, especially when I only got C in English language. But well done on getting The A*

''I was just saying'' ''I was just saying'' sorry about this repetition haha