AQA ENGLISH Paper 2

time to look to the future, anyone got any tips for paper 2?
What to write about poetry?

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The thing to remember is that its a LANGUAGE paper....not literature. So, write about poetic devices, use of languages, structure and form...not just about what the poem is trying to convey.

Oh, and don't forget that Section B is Inform, Describe and something else I've forgotten. (oops)

Reply 2

Mr. Fox

abhineyjain

, write about poetic devices, use of languages, structure and form...not just about what the poem is trying to convey.

Darn it, should have realised that before I did paper 1 :s-smilie:

Reply 3

HearTheThunder

Shouldn't you really talk about all that stuff in Literature too?

Reply 4

Mr. Fox

Actually, come to think of it, you can talk about both in both Language and Lit.

Reply 5

HearTheThunder

Mr. Fox

Actually, come to think of it, you can talk about both in both Language and Lit.

Yeah I was reading the examiners report for my AS English Lit and apparently they hate it if you just narrate and dont discuss language and structure

Reply 6

kidda_puttar

Yes, you should talk about both in both exams...but more meaning and context in Lit, and more devices and language use in Lang.

And anyway, it makes sense: the Lit paper tests your understanding of LITERATURE and the Lang paper tests your interpretation of LANGUAGE.

Reply 7

trev

Just go over all the poems. In nov/june 2004 in cluster 2, they asked 'Half Caste' and 'Not my Business'. Therefore, they won't have that as a named poem. However, you should still study them incase you want it to compare with the named poem. The cluster 2 question was about identity (june) and how the poems bring out the meaning in the poem (nov). Therefore, they won't ask those questions again.

Reply 8

InTeRRoGaToR

anybody know where to get some notes for jus cluster 1 of poems from different cultures section?.......not that othr big site...(dnt know what its called)
need smt thats shorter in length.....their over the top detailed

Reply 9

Cb.Incus

It's good to talk about the philosophical implications. You can draw conclusions between the philosophies of the two poems and refer back to the question on identity, place, culture etc... :smile:

Reply 10

InTeRRoGaToR

yo......rev site for poetry

Reply 11

asadtamimi

so do we have to learn poems from both clusters or can we just learn one

Both.

Just one cluster surely (if I understand the use of the word cluster)?

For me my poems are Limbo, Nothings chaged, Island Man, Blessing, Vultures, What were they like?, the one about the people in cars and Nightr of the Scorpion. I think thats all.

Reply 14

motoroller

i need poetry cultures revision material too... and any general tips? any for inform, explain, describe?

Reply 15

soulsussed

You learn one of the clusters, you don't need to learn both. I'm doing the limbo cluster.

I'm sure in both language and lit you'll have to link how language style and tructure portrays ideas shown in the texts, in lit it more about the feelings involves as well.

Reply 16

hatty341

im just going to revise all the poems that we have been taught in class. i dont feel like revising but i have to.... grrr.....

Reply 17

n0c0mment

what should i write about for each inform etc

Reply 18

gemgems89

Do you think Limbo and What were they like will be a named poem (in the actual question) ?

I really dont wanna revsie those 2 cos I think Limbo is just rubbish and What were they like - not done much on it so dont understand it fully.

Btw I think Ive asked this before but I cant remember, can you compare a poem from cluster 1 with one from cluster 2? Cheers.

Reply 19

hatty341

erm... does anyone have any notes for 'Vultures' and 'Unrelated Incidents'? we have doen vultures but the notes are just vocab notes, and we havent done the unrelated incidents either!

if u dont have any then that doesnt matter.

much appreciated!!!