How did you all find the AQA Literature exam?

callum623

I found an inspector calls quite easy as it was on Mr Birling :biggrin:

. I think I messed up Of Mice and Men though :frown:

What about you?

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Reply 1

LuLu<3

I expected Mr Birling for IAC but I still don't think I did very well in it. However the OMAM questions were really good for me, in particular part B as it wasn't on one specific character

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Reply 2

0xFFFFail

Kill me now D: I missed out part b of the Of mice and men. I got an A on my coursework is it still possible to get an A? I know English lit is my weakest subject but missing a WHOLE section of the question paper makes me feel like I can get a B max D:

I think that inspector calls was ok but tkam was kinda dodge part A? Does anyone know what will come up for lit 2 animal farm

Reply 5

99-bdk23

Same as you really, I struggled with OMAM as I was hoping more of a character rather than an event, but on the whole wasn't too bad

Reply 6

Morgan_

We do Under Milk Wood (aka most confusing radio play ever) and OMaM
I found UMW quite easy as it was just on characters you felt sympathy for but I found OMaM a bit harder as I was expecting a character, not an event. I only did 2 points for a and 2 points (+1 in my conclusion) for b, but they were really quite long points so hopefully I will have done okay 😊 What did you write for the OMaM?

Reply 7

DaringDaniel

I'm quite concerned on TKAM part B it said in bold 'one' Mockingbird but in in my opening paragraph I talked about Tom R "the senseless slaughter of songbirds". Just one paragraph and then the rest was on Boo Radley, what I fear is the examiner will only mark Tom R bit. Thoughts please peace of mind is really needed?

Reply 8

Amy Hickman

Original post by 0xFFFFail

How did you miss out the whole part b?
Its worth 15 marks so minus that from the overall mark to see the maximum you can get

Reply 9

Suraiya03

I think it was awful, OMAM was so vague because they used the word 'brutality' so I got about 5 sentences in.

Reply 10

aamirac

I was happy with the AIC question, but then my part B for OMAM was just a complete mess and I kind of did a mash of everything that I could possibly think of. My fingers are still bruised. :s-smilie:

Reply 11

Cerisse Hughes

Original post by 0xFFFFail

Remember we still have the poetry exam so if you do really really well on that then I think its possible to sustain your grade

Reply 12

Matthew13

Brutality in OMAM I talked about the mental brutality of the ranch in terms of loneliness, solitude and discrimination. The passage was crap but I talked about lexical set of fear for both characters showing it wasn't malicious, constant concern for George showing how single minded and simple he is, and the animal imagery. Crucible was okay too

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Reply 13

YungChicken

Original post by 0xFFFFail

lmao how did you miss it out lol?

Reply 14

LoganF

Original post by 0xFFFFail

As you missed out section B, you will probably get less than half marks for 'Of Mice and Men', this Unit 1 exam is worth 30% I think.

Reply 15

aman...xo

don't worry I think many people messed up this English.
I did woman in black and mister.pip I so failed it!! but just do well in poetry

Reply 16

thepurplerain

I think you can gain marks across part a and b, so although you will limit your chances of getting the highest marks, you can still achieve a good grade if you covered context and language analysis in part a.

Reply 17

GeorgeSY

I Think it went ok!

**** poetry though, Journeys end went ok

Reply 18

Avocado2002

Original post by LoganF

As you missed out section B, you will probably get less than half marks for 'Of Mice and Men', this Unit 1 exam is worth 30% I think.

Unit 1 is 40%, Unit 2 is 35%.

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Reply 19

big_dreamer

When the examiner marks your work they will judge you on the AO's and mark band and one of the criteria is historical context(AO4), which on the mark scheme is 10% of your 40% that is for Unit 1. You can check it on the mark scheme