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A2 WJEC English Lit/ Lang - June 11th 2015

I couldn't find any threads on this exam, only on A2 WJEC Literature...

any tips/advice to share? What texts are you studying? What revision method do you find most effective? etc

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Reply 1

beth16x

Hey

I'm sitting this exam, studying Wuthering Heights & then of course the 3 non-fiction texts.

I find doing past papers the most effective and I've also got a study guide to Wuthering Heights which is very useful, particularly for helping to get context in an essay so I'm just looking through that and getting an idea on what happens in each chapter and noting a few versatile quotes.

For the non-fiction essay, my teacher came up with 'AP ITEMS' (audience, purpose, idea, terminology, explain, modify, society) as a way of structuring the essay and what we need to include. I really need to start looking at context though!

What other texts have you looked to be able to link to in the essay?

Reply 2

Kindy

Anyone think they know possible section B questions this year?

Reply 3

beth16x

Original post by Kindy

Anyone think they know possible section B questions this year?

I reckon protagonist & female characters could possibly come up

Reply 4

Cass_ie_me

Death or love hasn't come up in a while, but they are quite obvious ones. also atmosphere and the supernatural.

Reply 5

beth16x

Revenge could come up too

Reply 6

Kindy

They all sound like good ones, my lecturer seems to really think love and i hope so too :smile:

Reply 7

HMPD97

OMG there's actually a thread for this exam :biggrin:

how are you guys feeling for tomorrow!?

Reply 8

Kindy

Not too bad! not as confident on section A but I feel quite prepared for B, what texts is everyone studying?

Reply 9

beth16x

I don't feel very prepared for section A! Studying Wuthering Heights for section B!

Reply 10

Kindy

I think section A will just be luck on what texts we get! Yeah same WH :smile:

Reply 11

HMPD97

Wuthering Heights, and I'm comparing it to Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, and Porphyria's lover. What are you guys comparing the main text to?

Reply 12

beth16x

I've got a few different points from a few novels and short stories - I think it depends which question I choose! My main ones are Jane Eyre, The Yellow Wallpaper and The Nightinghale & the Rose :smile:

Reply 13

Kindy

My mains partner texts are Shakespeare's Othello, Porphyria's Lover and Wuthering Heights the poem by Sylvia Plath :smile:

Reply 14

HMPD97

How did you all find the exam!? Loved it.

Reply 15

Zara1997

hey could someone please tell me what the tempest question was? :smile:

Loved section B!

I loved it, just disappointed with timing. I did section B first, and I only managed to get in two Wuthering Heights paragraphs and two links with no room for a conclusion. Finished Section A though. I knew if I didn't move on I wouldn't finish the other one. Do you think this would greatly effect my grade? Really nervous. I used a lot of examples but worried my analysis wasn't strong enough. Really praying now

Reply 18

KimCrow

Original post by Hanya Pouncey

How did you all find the exam!? Loved it.

Is it me or were WJEC being incredibly kind this year? Or incredibly lazy? I can't believe they included Blackadder, and they used a poem from a previous year's paper. It was so lovely and simple to analyse!

Reply 19

Kindy

I thought it was good! Glad love came up for section B
For section A apparently some mentioned propaganda purposes for text A which I didn't do did anyone else do that?