AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 (8700/1) - 23rd May 2024 [Exam Chat]

no clue, hoping something interesting rather than something rlly random like a field
more nervous for timings😭

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saffronarora

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same I always run out of time

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username6879645

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Original post by saffronarora

same I always run out of time

I would say do section A first. But make sure you leave at least 45-50 mins for your creative writing as it is half the paper and worth 40 marks in both papers, which can really boost ur grade up.

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Original post by penguin54

no clue, hoping something interesting rather than something rlly random like a field
more nervous for timings😭

I hope its not inside tho its more of a pain to write abt im just aiming to do the narrative though cuz its more vague and less restricted
have u tried doing q5 first?

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i always do 5 first then 1 then 2 then 4 then 3
do u usually do the story or the descriptive writing?? was thinking of going with descriptive but it depends on the picture

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saffronarora

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I normally do description cus its more adaptable imo

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yeah im usually the same cuz there's no dialogue but some pictures r kinda hard to

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Original post by penguin54

i always do 5 first then 1 then 2 then 4 then 3
do u usually do the story or the descriptive writing?? was thinking of going with descriptive but it depends on the picture

I was thinking abt doing 4 before 3 like u do, does it help with time and the answers can be used again if the question limits are the same
I was considering trying it cuz I run out of time this mock also I didn't see we were supposed to write within lines so only on paragraph of mine was valid for q4 which was annoying but I still got decently high marks so I asked my teacher and she said even if I write 2 paragraphs of that standard id get abt full marks so im more relieved cuz I didn't want to try something new for my exam, but the reason why is probably cuz in my paragraphs I use 2 quotes cuz ik I struggle with time and I use an alternate point or analysis so I get 2 paragraphs in one really easily if that makes sense - its such a time saver for me since I just write so slow I do the same in lit and they dont have a problem if I just embed quotes from the extract into "my own quotes" instead of writing one whole paragraph for it so u half the writers intents and readers effect and context etc so it saves a lot of time

basically I normally pic narrative as u have a broader scope and I feel like I can write more freely u just have to make a small link to the title but if the narratives smth I don't really understand ill go for the description
ive only done description once but it was pretty good tbh u can write abt other stuff in ur description and just mention key features of the image to make it relevant
I also like to do description cuz its easier to shift perspectives but I can never tell if ive written enough for the description

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yeah i find it's best for the time cuz 3 is the hardest one in my opinion so if i don't finish it then at least it's on the hardest one and usually on q3 whatever u can say is usually right but seems kinda limited and vague sometimes, so less is more but that means that i'd be able to do the best i can on the rest of them so yeah i've always done it that way and it makes total sense in my head lol :smile:

lots of ppl in my year only wrote a page and three quarters for the description but ppl who did stories wrote more because they left more lines in dialogue and also in more, shorter paragraphs to add impact so i wouldn't worry about how much you write, the examiner is more likely to lose interest if u just keep going on and on and on with little change in what ur writing so don't keep writing for the sake of it i just make sure i've included all the literary devices i want to (i have it set out so in paragraph 1 i want to include metaphor//semicolon//pathetic fallacy//alliteration etc.)

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Original post by penguin54

yeah i find it's best for the time cuz 3 is the hardest one in my opinion so if i don't finish it then at least it's on the hardest one and usually on q3 whatever u can say is usually right but seems kinda limited and vague sometimes, so less is more but that means that i'd be able to do the best i can on the rest of them so yeah i've always done it that way and it makes total sense in my head lol :smile:

lots of ppl in my year only wrote a page and three quarters for the description but ppl who did stories wrote more because they left more lines in dialogue and also in more, shorter paragraphs to add impact so i wouldn't worry about how much you write, the examiner is more likely to lose interest if u just keep going on and on and on with little change in what ur writing so don't keep writing for the sake of it i just make sure i've included all the literary devices i want to (i have it set out so in paragraph 1 i want to include metaphor//semicolon//pathetic fallacy//alliteration etc.)

yh tbh my story isn't that long it'd got short paragraphs but filled with techniques
honestly I just dont want to bore the reader which is another positive abt picking the narrative as u can write smth completely diff to others but description is based on the same thing
its likely the examiner will be more intrigued

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yesss exactly
probs the best way to do it

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