Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
Discussion for GCSE students, including those studying for IGCSEs and O Levels.
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIVery very bad!(Original post by Pandora.)
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIIt's horrible.(Original post by Pandora.)
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II(Original post by GreenLantern1)
Very very bad!(Original post by Paparazzo)
It's horrible.
I'm going to take a look at some WJEC past papers to see the horror for myself.
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIOh my god theres actually other people doing the same rs syllabus as our school!(Original post by Ptolemy001)
Umm, i'm doing religion and life (Christianity), community cohesion, marriage and family and life after death on Tuesday-good luck!
Apparently hardly anyone does the christianity stuff. How are you finding revision, the book is really useful! Good luck to you too!
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIWoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow thank you sooooo much I have never even used some of those before, seriously this is the most helpful post I have ever seen I will put it to good use.(Original post by iJess)
Allusion - A literary, classical or contemporary reference to some other event or work
Ambiguous/Ambiguity - Having a double or unclear meaning
Appeals to the senses - Images/words that are intended to rouse sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch etc. e.g ''swell to the gourd''
Ballad - A very ancient poem telling a story.
Colloquial Everyday or informal language
Couplet - a pair of lines of verse usually of the same length
Double entendre - a double meaning
Enjambment - carrying a sentence beyond the end of a line, couplet or stanza
Extended metaphor - Giving a name or description to something to which it is not literally applicable and continuing it through stanza's or a whole poem.
Hyperbole - Exaggerating something so much that it cannot be taken literally
Octave - The first 8 lines in a sonnet
Onomatopoia - words that sound like their meaning e.g crash, twitter, bang, slam
Pathos - language producing feelings of pity or sorrow
Pentameter - a line of 10 syllables
personification - attributing a person or animals nature to a thing or idea
Quatrain - a stanza or group of 4 lines usually with alternate rhymes
Satire/Satirical - a form of entertainment e.g a novel or a play which uses ridicule or irony for effect
[B]Sestet[/B The last 6 lines of a sonnet
Simile A comparison of one thing to another using ''as'' or ''like''
Sonnet A 14 line poem with length and rhyme according to one of the various schemes
Stanza 4 or more rhymed lines repeated as a unit
Hope this helps, sorry it took me longer
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IINo not me, lol I just know people who are studying it. Focus on your GCSE's right now and it should be good.(Original post by g.k.galloway)
yep! you too then?
I am really interested in doing paediatrics or becoming a brain surgeon..
atm though that's kind of irrelevant..need to get good gcse grades before I can even think about moving further lol!! -
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II1.30 or 1.45...can't remember off the top of my head lol(Original post by c3ntury)
I've got mine tomorrow as well! But I've got 2 exams to make up for no coursework.
What times your exam?
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIOh, people with the English Language exam tomorrow - Have a look at this and good luck! :')
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIHave you seen it before?(Original post by CharlieBoardman)
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IINo, that is the first time I have watched it. Inspirational video!(Original post by multiplexing-gamer)
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIOh cool another person! I am looking through the book and flashcards i mean its(Original post by Anisa xx)
same,hw u guys revising for it?
not too hard, im gonna revise on sunday and monday ive done a bit but not too much. I find the key words for community cohesion harder to learn than the others though
how about you?
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIBeyond bad.(Original post by Pandora.)
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIi've been looking at that a lot! i'm so nervous about tomorrow's exam!(Original post by Zigggyy.)
Oh, people with the English Language exam tomorrow - Have a look at this and good luck! :')
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIYeah, I found it pretty helpful. :') Once you learn the skills and just the general 'examiners tips' it gets easier and you sorta' know what to do to get the marks :') good luck! It'll all be over in less than 24 hours.(Original post by xoxlovelifexox)
i've been looking at that a lot! i'm so nervous about tomorrow's exam!
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Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark IIare you sitting the exam too? it's my first ever GCSE exam (like it is for some) so i guess that makes me a bit extra nervous! thank you!(Original post by Zigggyy.)
Yeah, I found it pretty helpful. :') Once you learn the skills and just the general 'examiners tips' it gets easier and you sorta' know what to do to get the marks :') good luck! It'll all be over in less than 24 hours.
how about you?
