AQA Lit B - LITB1 Aspects of Narrative Retake 18th January 2013

Original post by Unsworth

If anyone wants any advice for this exam be it on structure, content, analysis, context, whatever, feel free to PM me - I loved it to bits and got 120/120 ums for it in the summer.

The texts I studied were The Great Gatsby, The Kite Runner, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Robert Browning poems.

When you say "Comment on whether the author has purposely created gaps in this chapter or missed out a certain time period" what do you mean by this? :colondollar:

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What do you mean when you say "Comment on whether the author has purposely created gaps in this chapter or missed out a certain time period"

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Original post by Tdbeeee

When you say "Comment on whether the author has purposely created gaps in this chapter or missed out a certain time period" what do you mean by this? :colondollar:

So if in a chapter the timing has suddenly jumped from say a Friday to a Monday - missing out the weekend.. or say like it does in Gatsby from one season to another (summer), comment on why they may have done this/the significance of this.

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What is usually the significance of a narrative gap?!

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Original post by Astrid_Bastrid

do u have any good notes for ch7 that u could send me. i find that chapter quite difficult

thanks

It won't come up, I wouldn't bother.

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In section B what are the main points to talk about...like what would YOU personally focus on if you were doing this section?!

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niall13

How many people think the exam will be on chapter 6? If not which chapter do you think?!?!

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Original post by niall13

How many people think the exam will be on chapter 6? If not which chapter do you think?!?!

If we are talking Gatsby here then yes I would put money on chapter 6 being the one asked on. However, AQA may be cheeky and ask it on a different chapter, possibly 1 or 2.. but I am pretty sure it will be on 6.

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Original post by zakkaz

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In response to your section B essay.. I think it was quite good. There were points where I felt you perhaps strayed a little from the question, thus losing you AO1 marks, but on the whole you stayed on focus. There was a bit of AO2 discussion which was good. I think what let you down was perhaps your AO3; you included a critic quote, and also different interpretations in the form of a marxist approach, but maybe just develop these a bit more. Your Gatsby paragraphs were very strong here, so were your Ancient Mariner ones. Perhaps try to include a bit of evaluation too of the different views you put forward if you really want to be getting into the top band for an A.

As it stands, I would give that a high B.

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somebodyguideme

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Original post by lisa96

im going to be doing the exam in june, what chapter do u think is most likely to come up

Anything besides whatever comes up in jan and probably not 7 cos it came up in june 12, I'd say.

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whatktdid

Hey guys!

I'm doing this exam too, and I feel totally unprepared. D:

Texts: The Kite Runner, Dubliners by James Joyce and Browning & Tennyson poetry.

I was just wondering if for the Section A Question 2 would you have to argue the statement/question equally to gain more marks or could you argue one side more than the other?

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SophieGloria

Original post by whatktdid

Hey guys!

I'm doing this exam too, and I feel totally unprepared. D:

Texts: The Kite Runner, Dubliners by James Joyce and Browning & Tennyson poetry.

I was just wondering if for the Section A Question 2 would you have to argue the statement/question equally to gain more marks or could you argue one side more than the other?

We have been told that as long as you attempt both sides of the argument, you can have some imbalance and argue towards a certain side more, as it is most likely that the question will lean towards a particular response. :smile:

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