AS students: how far are you in your revision?

Five subjects, 11 exams -__-

Oh, i was convinced this was an A2 thread oh well, I got AAAA at AS (100% 100% 95% and 92% in final exams) so feel free to ask me anything about A level revision

Any chance you got 100% in English Literature B AQA? I'm quite confident in my other subjects, however with English Literature I'm slightly worried. I don't want to be another person who gets full marks in the coursework and then do poorly on the exam!

I'm currently just listing aspects of narrative: narrator, titles, endings, openings, setting and place, voices, imagery, points of view, relationships, crises, time and characters. I'm thinking of doing essay plans for each of them regarding section B.

Anything there I've missed, and any top tips?

I did that spec, that was my 92% but i still like to think that's pretty good and i'm on track for an A* at A2
The first question is divided into a and b
-part a will be how does author tell the story in chapter X?
I did the great gatsby which was good, there is only 9 chapters but if you have a big book there will be more important chapters than others...so you can plan an essay for each one in which you need to cover
-At least 2, preferably 3 aspects of narrative
-Form and structure (which most people forget)
-Context of reception and production

For part b it will be on a theme in the text so you can plan an essay based on how the aspects of narrative shape the theme

The second question is about aspects of narrative in general, this was easier, you only have 6
-Characterisation
-Setting
-Point of View
-Voices in text
-Destination
-Time and Sequence
Your question for this bit will pretty much contain one of those words or something similar, you therefore can plan an essay comparing the use for each aspect of narrative making sure it hits the AO's and learn it by heart

If you revise properly you should do well, you can predict 2/3 of the paper!

that sucks I consider myself luckyto have only 6 written exams (including a retake!) I know plenty more people who are taking less subjects but have more exams. that said, if you count my art exams, coursework, non-tabled exams etc....I have 15

Of course, 92% is excellent! I'm also doing The Great Gatsby; I'm not too worried about Section A (a), but Section B (b) I haven't had much practice on. I assume that's when you discuss critical interpretations and refer to contextual factors?

Thanks for the advice!

I did that spec, that was my 92% but i still like to think that's pretty good and i'm on track for an A* at A2
The first question is divided into a and b
-part a will be how does author tell the story in chapter X?
I did the great gatsby which was good, there is only 9 chapters but if you have a big book there will be more important chapters than others...so you can plan an essay for each one in which you need to cover
-At least 2, preferably 3 aspects of narrative
-Form and structure (which most people forget)
-Context of reception and production

For part b it will be on a theme in the text so you can plan an essay based on how the aspects of narrative shape the theme

The second question is about aspects of narrative in general, this was easier, you only have 6
-Characterisation
-Setting
-Point of View
-Voices in text
-Destination
-Time and Sequence
Your question for this bit will pretty much contain one of those words or something similar, you therefore can plan an essay comparing the use for each aspect of narrative making sure it hits the AO's and learn it by heart

If you revise properly you should do well, you can predict 2/3 of the paper!

Any chance you got 100% in English Literature B AQA? I'm quite confident in my other subjects, however with English Literature I'm slightly worried. I don't want to be another person who gets full marks in the coursework and then do poorly on the exam!

I'm currently just listing aspects of narrative: narrator, titles, endings, openings, setting and place, voices, imagery, points of view, relationships, crises, time and characters. I'm thinking of doing essay plans for each of them regarding section B.

Anything there I've missed, and any top tips?

im doing gatsby too, thats a big help! thanks! only thing im slightly worried about is the fact its closed text, but i have full marks in c/work so i have a slight margin for error i guess! did you do owen poetry by any chance for your other part?

I'm at the 'denial' stage.

Correct me if i'm wrong but i'm pretty sure AS is open book and A2 is closed book? not that it makes much of a difference, you should aim to do it closed book because otherwise you waste time searching for quotes. I did poetry yes, Hardy and Rossetti, best bet is to pick the ones you think you have most to say about/like more/understand more whatever and then just learn them...the exam really isn't that bad, i got a good A in it and it was my 3rd exam that day (i'd had sociology and biology in the morning), my only problem was hand cramp.

Oh, i was convinced this was an A2 thread oh well, I got AAAA at AS (100% 100% 95% and 92% in final exams) so feel free to ask me anything about A level revision