GCSE AQA English Literature - June 2016 *Official Thread*

Did anyone do Character Voice? I compared Medusa with Les Grands Seigneur

So on the summary page, the unseen poetry was that the boy grew talons because he was not evil but I wrote that because it unassailable because God "did not" grow him talons, the negative diction conveyed that the boy thinks his powerful and God can't stop him. Will I lose marks if the actual answer was that God didnt not let him grow talons because he isn't fundamentally evil?

hey, do you know if it's necessary to speak about all three (structure form and language) to get the top marks?? I don't think I talked about form in mine:/

For the unseen I went on about how the title is ambiguous and also contrasts a little boy with the use of weapons.😂 these exams are jokes, but I think I did better in this one than Lit 1....I'm better at deep analysis, so I cannot write enough within the time limit which is extremely annoying..............

I believe in the mark scheme it says language and or form and or structure for the top band, so you should be able to do just one of the three - obviously the more you explore, the more credible and exploratory your answer will probably be. I hardly ever write about form and just stick to language and structure...hope this helps!

What was the question about for the ruined maid again?

I did that and so did Mr Bruff in A* analysis vid....prepared it all last night and basically copied and added to it a bit xD

What was both of the questions for the AQA conflict cluster again? One was about The right word and the other was poppies ?

My friends found it weird that i compared THCM with 'In Paris With You' was that ok?

I compared Poppies to The Yellow Palm based on both being a 'difficult time' due to the grief caused by war. I was a bit rushed for time so I didn't get to do a proper conclusion for the comparison or the unseen, but I don't think it went too badly! I hope everybody else's went well, did anybody do the same comparison as me?

Title- Arms links to military and weapons eg. Arms race
Summary: war is depicted in negative light when he joins war he is changed and exhilarated/ pacifism
Opening stanza
"How cold steel" physical temp but the weapons are a extended metaphor for soldiers in war the word old links to the apathy of their vicious actions war
"Keen with hunger of blood" weapons are personified the word hunger portrays soldiers as animalistic and There is a sinister tone the boy once in war changes and could be exhilarated by Murder ( demonic imagery at end), the word blood links to danger
"Like a madmans flash" is a simile and links to the crazy action of killing
"Blue" links to cold could refer to death
"Stroke" is soft he is getting used to war being brainwashed
Alliteration to present weapons "blind blunt bullet heads"
I accidentally read it as nuzzle so said links to innocence of young boy and juxtaposes violence the bullets will be in their early cause dead "Muzzle"


some of my answer not whole thing soz