22.05.2012 - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam - HELP!

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So you're answering it as two separate questions, not one whole essay?
Good luck for the day!

I'm doing An Inspector Calls, yes. As someone else said, usually one of the questions is about a character. My teacher thinks there's a good chance this paper will feature a question on Eric. The other question is usually far more general and asks about a theme or some kind of development through the play.

Everybody seems to be doing Of Mice & Men. Is anybody doing To Kill A Mockingbird? The top two sets do To Kill A Mockingbird in my school and the other three do Of Mice & Men. I'm nervous for the To Kill A Mockingbird questions because I'm never too sure where to get quotes from since the book is pretty thick. The first question is usually okay because they provide the passage, but the second one is harder because you're expected to find quotes from different stages in the book, which is actually quite difficult, given the time constraints.

I'm doing An Inspector Calls, yes. As someone else said, usually one of the questions is about a character. My teacher thinks there's a good chance this paper will feature a question on Eric. The other question is usually far more general and asks about a theme or some kind of development through the play.

Everybody seems to be doing Of Mice & Men. Is anybody doing To Kill A Mockingbird? The top two sets do To Kill A Mockingbird in my school and the other three do Of Mice & Men. I'm nervous for the To Kill A Mockingbird questions because I'm never too sure where to get quotes from since the book is pretty thick. The first question is usually okay because they provide the passage, but the second one is harder because you're expected to find quotes from different stages in the book, which is actually quite difficult, given the time constraints.

Can anyone give me a link to the jan 2012 paper???

Or which characters for the crucible have come up so far????

does any1 know how to structure an answer to a section b question

so do we like... do it in two separate a) and b) paragraphs or but it together as 1 long essay


pleasseeeeeeeeeeeeeee........

Anyone doing An Inpector Calls?
I'm quite confused as to what they would ask..hope it's nothing stupid which would confuse me IN the exam!

Also doing Of Mice And Men..I've been going over the context but I'm quite stuck

Any thoughts on how to make them A/A* essays?

I'm doing both of these books. Our teacher told us there's a high chance the Inspector Calls question will be about power or the Inspector, perhaps even Mr. Birling. It's likely it won't be Sheila or Gerald as they have already been mentioned in previous years.

For Of Mice and Men, we were told there's a very high chance the question will be on Curley's Wife OR Crooks and the part B question will nearly always ask you to write about 1930s America.

We did an Inspector Calls mock a while back and I got full marks by doing this:


1) VERY brief intro, one sentence, reword the question.
2) How the Inspector is a catalyst and has full control over the characters much like Priestley has over the whole book.
3) How community is important. Quoted the large end speech that uses a lot of "we" which suggests community is more important than anything. "Fire, Blood, Anguish" is dramatic irony.
4) Class, wealth and power don't matter even though the Inspector is classy, wealthy and powerful. Inspector deliberately chosen for this reason. Manipulates Birlings AND audiences of 1912 and 1945 into believing Priestley's point of view. Keeps secrets even though he doesn't want anyone else to.
5) Talk about his entrance with the lighting and his appearance. "Solidity" = translucent = Priestley's points can't be seen through. "Massiveness" mirrors how important and large the points are.
6) Bulls*** a conclusion