AQA- English Literature at AS Level, Literature B

Hi,

if anyone has any Hardy notes/model answers, particularly A03 for section A)b, I would be eternally grateful. I've never done a practise question/seen a model answer for it so have no idea as to the structure at all...!

Thank you!

Best advice i can give is always start off with a big major technique and the most important is narrative voice!

PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN

I did this exam in january and it is a horrible exam but i got an A, you just have to remember it isnt a free essay its supposed to be structured. always refer to the title in each paragraph at the start and at the end as well if possible!!

Argh 4 days left!!!

I'm doing Enduring Love for Section A, and Gatsby/Rossetti/Keats for Section B!

Very worried about section A part b - all my practise essays have taken hours and we only have half an hour to do it in the exam!!! In fact, timing for the whole thing is a huge issue! Anyone else got this problem?

Argh 4 days left!!!

I'm doing Enduring Love for Section A, and Gatsby/Rossetti/Keats for Section B!

Very worried about section A part b - all my practise essays have taken hours and we only have half an hour to do it in the exam!!! In fact, timing for the whole thing is a huge issue! Anyone else got this problem?

Can PM anyone Great Gatsby notes, I took that exam last year.

Would appreciate some help on Pardoner's Tale, Chaucer. But can exchange notes on Bloody Chamber and Wuthering Heights. Got a lot of those.

anyone studying Great Gatsby look at this....it basically got me through my exam last year haha and it's such a nice song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiajdDYYMaA

anyone know what to put for How is the Story told in Ch6 of Gatsby?

Would greatly appreciate help/tips on answering Section A in general especially on how to structure answers or the things that Examiners are especially looking for candidates to include!

Thanks x

These are from the AQA examiner reports. Hope they help

Tips from examiner reports for Aa
-Pin down the story – write about the aspects of narrative in relation to the story. When candidates perform well, they have usually pinned down the story at the start of their answer and the comments on various techniques have been related to that story.
-The least successful answers were by those candidates who picked out words, similes, punctuation or verse patterns. It is more productive to write about structure and voices than single words, similes and colour imagery.
-Often the best candidates either briefly summarised the story discussing authorial methods in the light of it or the story was integrated into comments about structure, voice, form and language

Examiner tips for Ab
-The best answers are those which often challenge the premises set up in the questions. There is also an expectation that since this is an open book examination, the text is well used to support the arguments the candidates posit.
-Candidates who did not read the questions carefully, or who tried to subvert them, often struggled.
- There is always a connection between the even and odd numbered questions and this is to help candidates. The same text can be used since it will be written about in different ways.
-There is a difference between place and setting – places are SPECIFIC such as the inn in ‘At an Inn’ or the pond in ‘Neutral Tones’
- Weaker answers tended to be short or rather vague with little reference to the text. Sometimes candidates included material that was more relevant to Aa. This was a pity as such material could have secured marks had it been included in Aa
-. Although other contexts may be used as part of an argument, there is no point ever in simply citing biographical, social or historical material for its own sake.