[Andys2992]

Anyone else notice it?

Brightened the exam right up

[Carecup]

Now I'm interested. What was the question?

[Andys2992]

It was in the first section of the exam where you are given seven random texts which you need to group into small groups and discuss their similarities and differences. Text D was the cover of FMA volume 1 I assumed I was the only one in the exam hall who knew what it was :P

[Vian]

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Now I wish I did AQA English. What was the text saying?

[HolyFuzazzle]

Oh my God, really? This is amazing, I sort of wish that was the paper I had last year :O


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[Andys2992]

The question was:

'1. Study the texts A–G on the next seven pages. These texts illustrate different varieties of language use. Discuss various ways in which these texts can be grouped, giving reasons for your choices.'

The text was a scan on the cover where you had to analyse the text of the blurb on the back on and comment on the graphology which of course is an image of Edward and Alphonse.

I grouped it into a group of persuasive texts as the blurb and image persuades people to buy the book lol

[HolyFuzazzle]

You could have talked about the layout of the book being right to left, so this blurb would seem like a front cover in terms of ordinary books. lots of contextual points there XD I think it's cool they put in though. At the beginning of the AS year last year I brought in manga and comic stuff cuz we had to get and analyse sample texts that could come up and the teacher doubted they would ever use them so...HAH to her. But I hope you did well ^_^


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[The Cornerstone]

Why didn't AQA done that on my AS exam 2 years ago

[kevloui]

lol, when everyone saw this in my exam hall, they all secretly started looking at me,

[GirasoleL]

I never thought I would think of an exam as awesome, but an exam with FMA mentioned, that is instantly awesome. Who would have thought? I love whichever examiner decided to use it as an exam question.

[eugenius 8]

nice

[Learningishard]

Yeh, when I saw this in the exam I was like ' Finally a text that is cool'. But then I was like 'How am I gonna group this I don't wanna use graphological features to group it'. In the end I think I grouped it through its use of pre-modifiers.

[phoenixmiko]

(Original post by The Cornerstone)
Why didn't AQA put that on my AS exam 3 years ago

Fixed. That's how this statement applies to me. I did English Language AS and A2. I would have had to stop myself from squeeing if I saw that on my exam paper. I love FMA! <3

[VickyDoodle]

My friend phoned me up right after and told me about it, she was grinning the whole time! :P