AQA A2 English Literature 2016 - Love Through The Ages. Official Thread

Does anyone have any essay templates to follow, e.g. What goes in each paragraph. As I'm struggling on how to structure my essays😬

For some reason I am super worried about this exam, when I know I shouldn't be that worried. It's my best subject and I've never failed even a practice exam but I feel like I'm not doing enough.

What is everyone doing to revise for the exam? I can't do any full length answers now because obviously it's a bit too late to do anymore and my teacher isn't at school now and I've got a list of quotes to remember, I don't know what else I should be doing to prepare

Here's what my teacher suggested
(Firstly always remember that the AO's are equal in weight - all 10 marks)

Opening paragraph:
Use the phrase "both poems" - straight away starting your comparison
Identify your common link between both poems
Make sure you mention the form! (My teacher said its really important to get your form into the first paragraph - it makes the examiner aware you know what it is and it helps you for the rest of your essay)
Think about the writers - do they have the same perspective or not? Are they male or female?
Summarise what each text is about

Rest of the essay:
Use your main frameworks:
Form/Structure - what words are stressed? Why has the writer done this? What is the effect of using this? What does it reveal?
Language - which words stand out? What literary devices are used? The effect & why? What does it reveal?
Tone/Atmosphere - is it happy, sad, upbeat? What does it show/reveal about the writers ideas
WIDER READING: make sure to use your WR links in the text! You can link on anything, not just theme - it can be the use of a literary device, the form, the style etc. Anything!

Conclusion: round of your essay, you're comparing so come to a conclusion of why they are similar and/or different.

Hope this helps

Can anybody help make absolutely clear the difference between Language, Form and Structure?? Thank you!

Thankyou this will help a lot when planning my answers. Do you compare form, structure, language in each paragraph or do you write about each item individually and then compare? My teacher likes to do the following:
Para 1- item A language
Para 2 - item B comparing with item A language
Para 3 - item A form
Para 4 - item B form comparing
And so on... Not sure whether this is effective.
Thanks

To help with context you should try and memorise the rough dates for each time period from Renaissance to Post-Modern and major events/things that happened during them so when you're in the exam you can look at what time the texts are written in and and context to it e.g. the play A Doll's House would have been very controversial because women were very restricted as to what they could do. Additionally there's some really good videos on Youtube about how to get good marks in the exam etc. I hope you find this helpful

Yes that's exactly it! Each one individually, although sometimes they might overlap but I'm sure that's okay too

can someone please confirm where for q2 you can use all 3 genres?!

Yes you can, this quote is taken from an AQA guide about question 2:
"Candidates should also make revelevent references to their wider reading across all three genres to inform their interpretations"

It also says:
"In question 2, they must not repeat points about wider reading already made in question 1, as they cannot receive credit for the same material twice"
Just in case people were wondering about that also

Thank you! Would you agree for q2 it's best to focus on the remaining 2 genres predominantly and if you have time, bring in the q1 genre? I'm just not sure

I'm not sure what's best, but I would probably do that, because you've already shown your WR for the first genre in Q1. Obviously if there's something that you think you can link to from the Q1 genre though, it can't hurt to add it in if you have time! But I would definitely focus on trying to get WR in for the remaining genres first :-)

How many points are people aiming for?

does anyone know what to put in a conclusion? I literally have no idea...