English Literature GCSE revision

I really don't know how I should be revising for my aqa english lit exams in june, especially the 3 books.

I scraped a 7 in my mock but I'm hoping to get an 8. Mr Bruff says to find quotes that can apply to lots of themes/characters but I can't find any that work for more than one.

Anyone got any tips I'm really stuck and any help would be much appreciated.

What set text r u doing??

Go on mr Bruff analysis of characters in what ever books your doing and he does ful videos on each character! Helps a lot

Yeah make notes on a paper and make sure it’s bright and clear and put it where you can see it and read it everyday so it sticks in your brain. I stuck em on my wall 😬😂

make a set of quotes for key themes and characters. structure this in an "essay plan" format with points referring to the quotes and a short explanation. This will make it easier for you to adapt these points for the question you receive in the exam because you would have already made a form of essay plan.
hope this makes sense. It worked well for me last year

Do essay plans! Especially for poetry but works for the other texts too. You can think of good points before the exam so you have more time to develop and write during the exam, you also feel more prepared which makes me less stressed during the exam itself so I do better overall. You might not be able to use them all exactly bc of sources and the q theme, but they’re still useful. Like my Mock was on ambition in Macbeth and I used a load of things from my plans based on guilt and gender - they all interlink one way or another. Hope this helps!

Learn the contexts of all the different poems, Macbeth and An Inspector Calls, and then learn 2-3 quotes for each point, for example women were often meant to be childish and not able to gain a proper education, a quote for that being that Sheila calls Mrs. Birling "Mummy". For top marks, try to use small phrases or single words for your quotes, and make sure you integrate then into the sentences for a more fluid read. For the next few days until your exams are over, try to say as many quotes as you can whilst talking normally, it can be quite hilarious, and should help you to remember things easier.

Okay thats a good idea, do you do the same essay plan for a question more than once or should I make like flashcards to help me remember the points and quotes I should use? Mine was on ambition too I mostly wrote about Lady Macbeth. Thanks for the help

Okay sounds good I will try this. How many quotes did you do for each character/theme and what did you do to remember them?