WJEC A2 English Lit/Lang

Is anyone else doing this? I'm more worried about the known text essay than the unseen texts! Plus I really should have done English Language and not combined! Lit is the bane of my life

im doing this too! need a mid B for a B overall...

im ok with the unseen texts for some reason, but the second part, NOPE.

anyone got an essay plan i can revise so i know i have got enough points to get a mid B? :/

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Put simply:

1). Introduction
- State key points to be covered (e.g. if you were talking about marriage in Wuthering Heights, you might mention that you will be focusing on Edgar's marriage to Catherine, Heathcliff's marriage to Isabella & Linton's marriage to Cathy).
- Mention secondary texts (i.e. You might want to give only one sentence to this part where you say something like: "Marriage is also a central part to Rebecca by Du Maurier & a key theme to The Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman")
- A brief point on the context is always nice for the introduction, but not necessary - keep it brief as well (i.e. "Context affects the portrayal of marriage in all of these texts as women had expected standards to meet from society, requirements that affect the nature of the relationship between partners.")

2). Paragraphs (1 point per paragraph, I would say 3 paragraphs at least, 4 if possible)
- Less of a structure as it depends on the question, but ideally it should be something like:
- State area of discussion for this para (e.g. Catherine's marriage to Edgar)
- Literary discussion intertwined w/ context (e.g. this marriage is unconventional because of Catherine's intimacy w/ Healthcliff & her abuse of Edgar - however she is shown to still care for Egdar in such&such scene)
- Linguistic analysis (usually best after literary analysis, analyse linguistics in a scene that you have discussed to ensure that it flows e.g. Catherine's use of a semantic field of love & happiness reflects her positive inner state of mind when w/ Edgar, portraying their marriage as successful - this is seen in...")
- Relate to secondary texts (e.g. An example of a more conventional marriage than that of Catherine's & Edgar's is the marriage between Kane & Kate in Kane & Abel by Archer because...) - This can be done before or after the linguistic analysis BUT make sure it is after discussion of your primary texts (70% primary text, 30% Secondary texts)
- Final point (conclude the point that you are making , perhaps relating it to context again or a general literary idea that you developed earlier on in the paragraph)

3). Conclusion
- Round off all of your points by assessing them against context & secondary texts

Note: Aim to use at least 2 secondary texts. No more is necessary if your points are developed enough

Following this structure should get you a strong A if your points are concrete & not over-generalised (which is quite common for this section). I'm also going for a B, but I think I need around a mid-D in this paper.

:O thankyou so much. thats made things so much clearer! ill rep you once im off my phone

all our teacher ever did was read the book to us, patronise us, and after an essay was handed in would just say how useless we are n ask for another one >

thankyou thankyou thankyou

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No problem

My classmates & I took this structure from looking at the example answer on WJEC's spec and have used it in our essays for school - we've all gotten pretty good marks from it so I think its a reliable structure to follow. The structure itself is quite simple really but because of the amount that you are expected to include in your answers, it can become muddled & confusing under timed conditions - so planning your answer to this structure is pretty important.

Are you doing Wuthering Heights as well?

mkay. we were just told a paragraph for lexis, para for syntax then a para for imagery...

no im doing Hard Times, Jane Eyre as the secondary text. i know other texts but it gets forgotten in the exam hall so going to brush up on some more books

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:O really? Section B is supposed to be more literary/thematic, surprised that you would be advised to structure it linguistically. Of course linguistics is still necessary, but not as much is needed in Section B than in Section A.

Oh ok. Yeah Jane Eyre seems to be a popular secondary text for most primary texts, a couple of my classmates are using it as well.