How hard is it to get A* in English Literature GCSE?

Your paragraph at the start of this thread has saved my life just a question, I always struggle with the introduction. Say, if the question was "how does <insert name> present love in <insert play>?", do I answer it straight away, and lead it up with some quotes, give a roundup of the whole play, or what..? It always catches me and puts me in a bad thought pattern, it would be so helpful if you are able to tell me how you introduce the essay thankssssss

Haha glad I could help!

Never put quotes in an intro. That makes it a point, which it isn't Intros are max 3-4 lines long, briefly explaining what the writer does, and how.

So if your quesoin isthat, you'd say "X creates the idea of love in an X way by using a range of linguistic techniques" and thats that. Fill the second X with the generalisation of how you feel about the play, and off you go!

Highly recommend looking on the exam reports for A* material, look at their intros, memorize it and rephrase it in the exam. Exactly what I did

After the intro just go straight into the PEE or PEEZEER whatever someone else said on this thread that was also really good. After the first paragraph and you're onto the second, try and link the two together like "Although the play connotes love is evil, character X has different ideas." then make the point, etc

Cool, thanks! I'm super nervous for English Literature, I got an A* for my coursework so I'm perfectly capable of doing it but my rushed essays just aren't always the greatest Do you ever put a conclusion, and if so do you just round up all the points you've made?

I think my coursework was at a high B, maybe an A? Eh

I remember only doing a conclusion for certain, longer-marked questions. With Edexcel where was a 4 marker, 8 marker and 10 marker in section one (please correct me if I'm wrong, but the gaps were not big at all) all about a fragment of text in the exam. These I would never write a conclusion, but always an intro. For longer marks then yep go for the conclusion

The conclusion I still find today with geography difficult! I usually just reword the intro, but put it in past tense. Also I only put "to conclude" if I'm in a rush.

You'd start the conclusion like "X has used (list all the linguistics you've spoken about- verbs, similies, alliteration, ygm) to emit the emotions of X to the reader.

All Xs have to be specific in the conclusion, but can be broader in the intro

If your coursework is alright as well

Full UMS coursework as far as I know of


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Spent the whole year getting 3/20 and low marks like that last year in lit, accepted fate because I had such a bad work ethic but came out with an A*. I told a sixth former friend about it bc she wanted to do lit at uni, so she offered to help me and it did. Just 20 minutes during thursday PM reg, she sat me down with a random poem and got me to talk about it. I was so stiff and couldn't come up with anything at first, but within weeks I was writing paragraphs about them and surprised by what I could do. Remember to stick to PEE paragraphs and stick to that only, linkig sentences with snazzy words like "thus" "furthermore", or if you do a language think about all the connectives you're made to use in writing and use those. I used to get panicky over "How do I even know if its worth of a point???" in the exam, but NEVER be afraid to point out the obvious. The text is 100% your canvas and you can think about absolutely anything, as long as you use evidence and PLEASE use loads of evidence whilst in your writing (forgot the word for it) like: 'Knowing the write explains the cat as "extremely fluffy", it also links into the 1735 battle of kittens'. Use adult vocab, compliment the author as much as possible e.g "Orwell cleverly states that" bc examiners are english nerds an if they think you <3 their people they will love you. Don't be afraid to be controversial, and the more evidence the better. Know your way around your books, be aware of context and just enjoy the exam really

How hard is it to get A* in English Literature GCSE?