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  1. GreenLantern1's Avatar
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (Original post by Pandora.)
    Ah, is that a bad board?
    Very very bad!
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (Original post by Pandora.)
    Ah, is that a bad board?
    It's horrible.
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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.
    :eek:

    I'm going to take a look at some WJEC past papers to see the horror for myself. :holmes:
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (Original post by Paparazzo)
    WJEC
    My backup exam board was that for English, I managed to get an A, so you'll be alright
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (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!
    Oh my god theres actually other people doing the same rs syllabus as our school!
    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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    I swear if I dedicated the amount of time I spend on TSR to revision I'd be a lot less panicky.
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    (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
    Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow 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.
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (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!!
    No not me, lol I just know people who are studying it. Focus on your GCSE's right now and it should be good.
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (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?
    1.30 or 1.45...can't remember off the top of my head lol
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    Oh, people with the English Language exam tomorrow - Have a look at this and good luck! :')

    http://www.cambridgestudents.org.uk/...0500_FINAL.pdf
  12. Paparazzo's Avatar
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    What exam board is the exam tomorrow?
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (Original post by CharlieBoardman)
    Top video!
    Have you seen it before?
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
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    Have you seen it before?
    No, that is the first time I have watched it. Inspirational video!
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (Original post by Anisa xx)
    same,hw u guys revising for it?
    Oh cool another person! I am looking through the book and flashcards i mean its
    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 II
    (Original post by Pandora.)
    Ah, is that a bad board?
    Beyond bad.
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (Original post by Zigggyy.)
    Oh, people with the English Language exam tomorrow - Have a look at this and good luck! :')

    http://www.cambridgestudents.org.uk/...0500_FINAL.pdf
    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 II
    (Original post by g.k.galloway)
    1.30 or 1.45...can't remember off the top of my head lol
    hahaha, it's 13:30 i'm sitting the exam too!
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (Original post by xoxlovelifexox)
    i've been looking at that a lot! i'm so nervous about tomorrow's exam!
    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.
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    Re: Current Year 11 Thread Mark II
    (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.
    are 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!
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