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Reply 20

moody28028

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This exam is sooo hard :frown:

I really hope the questions tomorrow are really nice, so in drama and novel it's character question :biggrin:

And in the poetry they pick la belle dame sans merci and not one Shakespeare's sonnets :frown:

GAH!!! 2hrs 15 mins of hell tomorrow...

It's 1 hr 45 mins. I wish we had an extra half hour, it's so hard writing such a lot in the time given.

Reply 21

Generic Forum Username

General things that I always follow:

- Have an essay structure in mind before starting
- Be as concise as possible, PEE etc
- Don't just quote, refer to the language in the quote and show off what linguistic terms you know, eg, "Catrin", "Red rope of love", why is it red, what the colour means.
- Make a point about structure where possible
- Always relate every point to the question, explicitly.

Hopefully there will be question suited to what I know best, choice of 3 for the prose and poetry - I like those odds =P

Reply 22

candyflossangels

moody28028

It's 1 hr 45 mins. I wish we had an extra half hour, it's so hard writing such a lot in the time given.

It's 2 hrs 15 mins. Ours is 9.10 to 11.25.

Reply 23

laurenlodge

Ours is 1hr 45 I think.

Reply 24

trance addict

aqa is 105 minutes according to my exam time table..^ so yeah your right

Reply 25

trance addict

moody28028

It's 1 hr 45 mins. I wish we had an extra half hour, it's so hard writing such a lot in the time given.

Out of interest, why aren't you doing a maths gcse :s-smilie:

Reply 26

Jesska xD

I think the exam will be ok... i'm only slightly more worried about An Inspector Calls because i don't really understand the book as a whole! I guess you just have to study the main characters, themes and social aspects of the book and link it back to the question.

I got an A in the mock without reading the books in detail (except for once with the teacher) so it can't be that difficult. :wink:

Reply 27

elysa

for the mice and men does anyone have a list of all the different times stienbeck does that werid thing where he decribes somewhere and it prepare's the readers for events, and shows characters and stuff??????

Good luck everyone!

mobile_geek

Just write "coherently" as my English teacher would put it.

i don't even know what that means!

Reply 30

mobile_geek

koonergs

i don't even know what that means!

Just write logically, in a way that is understandable to any examiner.

Reply 31

koonergs

upside down chinese it is then

Indeed!

I'm not that worried about Lord of the Flies, just the poetry, I'm getting really confused trying to remember all the metaphors and similies ect. in each poem and what they symbolise =[ And I'm worried about running out of time (I didn't have time to do a conclusion in my mock)

Reply 34

Kameo

does anyone get the poem "homecoming"

Reply 35

Aleexx04

It's my friends birthday tomorrow too.
I've just been revising this for about 3 hours.. stopping now as I also have 3 other exams to revise for tomorrow.
It'll be fine. All depends on the questions though tbh. I'm hoping it'll be something easy. But I'm not that worried about this exam, and its only part of the final mark so don't get too worked up about it

good luck

xx

Reply 36

mobile_geek

jelly1000

Apparantly a conclusion is more necessary than an intro, so if you think you won't have time, just skip the intro. My teacher has shown me two pieces so far, which haven't had an intro yet achieved an A*.

Reply 37

BlondeNorfolkGirl

I'm dreading this exam! I'm more prepared for it than I was for the mock, though; I got a D in the mock and I'll be happy if I get a C or above in the real thing.

Reply 38

Thy-Lanky-One

At least most of your teachers have actually prepared you for the exam tomorrow! All mine has done is just read the poems and short stories and speak really really fast about them using words that no one understands! So yeh, tomorrow's exam is going to be pretty tough for me and the rest of my class =]

Reply 39

Tiinkerbell

i am soo scared about this exam wer doin the WJEC english lit which is 2hr 30mins :redface:

n doin about an inspector calls which is the wierdest play ever !! dont get it at all .. but tryna revise it an enjoyin the videos on bbc bitesize which r pretty funny lol
need 2 do good in this exam cos ive got a C in my coursework n im predicted an A ? not gonna happen but i can hope!
good luck everyonee xxx