Lita3: Aqa reading for meaning - love through the ages exam 2013

"Try to relax and have fun with it. Show the examiners everything that you've learnt in your two years. You know a lot more than you think."

That definitely helped me! Your words are a lot more inspirational than you think.

What do you guys have for jealousy in love? None of the previous exams had extracts on it. :/ I was thinking about Othello, The Bell Jar (?) and poems??


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Yeah because context is worth 10 marks just write about different attitudes in the texts. But it's good to know features of each time period like what features there are of each time period then you can talk and compare about them too. Like for modernist texts talk about epic theatre anf theatre of the absurd etc.

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Hi

I was wondering if you could help me with something.

If for example the question is on two prose extracts, how would I go about comparing the structure of the extracts to my wider reading?

For example, if I was to use Tess of the d'Urbervilles, how would I do this?

I know the structure of the whole novel, it's in seven parts, etc. But would I have to take a certain scene from Tess to be able to compare the structure?
I'm worried about this as there really is no structure to separate scenes, as the book is structured as a whole.

Do you see what I'm getting at or have I confused you?

Thank you !

Hey again! It's ok, I understood that! Prose is quite tricky. You don't have to look at a scene, there's simply not enough time. If I were making an AO1 link, I'd use a relevant action (or quote) e.g. "Patriarchal dominance within relationships are also alluded to in Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'. Mr Rochester desires to 'fetter' Jane to his wristwatch, which is symptomatic of patriarchal society's control over women."
Not a very good sentence, I know.
You get more marks for making a form link e.g. genre link "Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' is also a Bildungsroman, written in a first person linear narrative with the occasional flashback. The flashbacks, much like the reflective nature of (unseen text), provide Esther the ability to reflect upon her mistakes, which lends the novel a regretful tone."
^
Those links are a bit **** but you get the idea. It can be as small a link as you like, so long as you provide a bit of evidence (quotes not always necessary) to validate your point.

Hi,
Does anyone have any good quotes for homosexual love?

I can't believe some people aren't yet prepared enough for this exam, don't know the weightings of the marks for AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO4, don't know quotes and don't know wider reading?!?! I have 7 wider reading sources for each genre, to get into the A-grade marks, you need to know quotes properly so you don't mis-quote them, you need to include specific context for each source you cover and you need to cover at least 1 prose, 1 poetry and 1 drama across the whole paper for 80 marks. In the examiners report, they said at least 30% of your essay need to be wider reading, so if you're writing 3 pages for Question 1, almost one of those pages need to be on your wider reading example or examples... Not just a sentence, for whoever said that! Good luck guys!

Is this enough wider reading? Please tell me if it's enough!? *panicking*

Drama
A Streetcar Named Desire
Hamlet
A Doll's House
1 Shakespeare Play

Prose
The Great Gatsby
Jane Eyre
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
The Catcher in the Rye

Poetry
Miller's Tale- Chaucer
They Flee From Me- Thomas Wyatt
Love that doth reign and live within my thought- Henry Howard
Sonnet 18&130
The Flea- John Donne
To His Coy Mistress- Andrew Marvel
When We Two Parted- Byron
La Belle Dame Sans Merci- Keats
2/3 Emma Poems- Hardy

Does anyone have any idea how many wider readings they're planning to use in each question? Is three the minimum? Plus .. you don't have to necessarily have a specific quote for your wider reading do you? I'm just worried if I get into the exam and forget a quote I won't be able to link through the general idea?

No need to be such a f***ing a**hole, some of us have had other exams to deal with and haven't had enough time to prepare. So glad your revision is going well, but try not to be so patronising next time.

Does anyone have any idea how many wider readings they're planning to use in each question? Is three the minimum? Plus .. you don't have to necessarily have a specific quote for your wider reading do you? I'm just worried if I get into the exam and forget a quote I won't be able to link through the general idea?

Does anyone have any idea how many wider readings they're planning to use in each question? Is three the minimum? Plus .. you don't have to necessarily have a specific quote for your wider reading do you? I'm just worried if I get into the exam and forget a quote I won't be able to link through the general idea?