AQA Power and Conflict poems

Have used flash cards with all of the key information on them. I am really struggling on the comparisons

Have used flash cards with all of the key information on them. I am really struggling on the comparisons

Have used flash cards with all of the key information on them. I am really struggling on the comparisons

Watch some of Mr Bruff's comparison videos on YouTube, I found them so helpful last year!

what did you get if you dont mind me asking?

In English lit? An 8

wow, that's great. did you memorise quotes for every poem in the anthology?

I knew a few quotes and a few structural features from every poem (I knew more for some than I did others). Rather than learning masses of quotes I tried my best to learn some detailed analysis for a few from each poem so that I could make sure I included in depth analysis in the exam because I knew that I'd be super stressed in the exam as it were, so by going in with some idea of what I would write about each quote/structural technique helped me to relax a bit and then once I started writing what I had revised, more ideas flowed (I'm not sure if that makes any sense). I also made essay plans for possible comparisons (often using Mr Bruff's comparisons, although he hadn't done them for all of the poems by the time I did my exam) making sure that I had an idea of how to compare the structure and language techniques that the different poets used. Being able to talk about structure as well as language is key because most students will just write about language techniques so this already puts you ahead of many. However, don't fall into the trap of just writing something like 'this poem has a cyclical structure' and leaving it at that, you MUST identify the significance of every technique you write about and you should ALWAYS link everything back to the question. Hope this is helpfulFeel free to PM me if you have any question, or just quote me on here.

I knew a few quotes and a few structural features from every poem (I knew more for some than I did others). Rather than learning masses of quotes I tried my best to learn some detailed analysis for a few from each poem so that I could make sure I included in depth analysis in the exam because I knew that I'd be super stressed in the exam as it were, so by going in with some idea of what I would write about each quote/structural technique helped me to relax a bit and then once I started writing what I had revised, more ideas flowed (I'm not sure if that makes any sense). I also made essay plans for possible comparisons (often using Mr Bruff's comparisons, although he hadn't done them for all of the poems by the time I did my exam) making sure that I had an idea of how to compare the structure and language techniques that the different poets used. Being able to talk about structure as well as language is key because most students will just write about language techniques so this already puts you ahead of many. However, don't fall into the trap of just writing something like 'this poem has a cyclical structure' and leaving it at that, you MUST identify the significance of every technique you write about and you should ALWAYS link everything back to the question. Hope this is helpfulFeel free to PM me if you have any question, or just quote me on here.

I knew a few quotes and a few structural features from every poem (I knew more for some than I did others). Rather than learning masses of quotes I tried my best to learn some detailed analysis for a few from each poem so that I could make sure I included in depth analysis in the exam because I knew that I'd be super stressed in the exam as it were, so by going in with some idea of what I would write about each quote/structural technique helped me to relax a bit and then once I started writing what I had revised, more ideas flowed (I'm not sure if that makes any sense). I also made essay plans for possible comparisons (often using Mr Bruff's comparisons, although he hadn't done them for all of the poems by the time I did my exam) making sure that I had an idea of how to compare the structure and language techniques that the different poets used. Being able to talk about structure as well as language is key because most students will just write about language techniques so this already puts you ahead of many. However, don't fall into the trap of just writing something like 'this poem has a cyclical structure' and leaving it at that, you MUST identify the significance of every technique you write about and you should ALWAYS link everything back to the question. Hope this is helpfulFeel free to PM me if you have any question, or just quote me on here.