AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 (8700/1) - 23rd May 2024 [Exam Chat]

whats an extended metaphor

it's where you use a metaphor and keep it going throughout your writing. Like idk saying the cars are insects, then saying they "crawl" on the roads and "scuttle" around the buildings (that's a really bad example sorry) but you basically keep referring to something as something else throughout your writing piece. does that kind of make sense?

It’s a normal metaphor that you then mention later on in the writing again. Not my work but an example would be “The flames of the fire shot up faster than a trio of lightning bolts. The thunderous roar of the ceiling’s collapse was loud enough to wake the dead. In a moment’s time, I learned Clare knew how to drive, and I mean really drive. The flames nipped at our rear bumper but not even those lightning bolts could catch us now”

can anyone help me with creative writing and description i find it hard to think of a story and good language to use i can’t even start a story sometimes

help how do you even like improve the description , like what do you describe if its just a stimulus, how far can you not do the image, im so scared for tomorrowwww

it's fine, the image is a stimulus, it says to write a description "suggested by" the picture, so say it was a field in the sunshine, you may change the field to a wood or day to night, you don't need to write about the exact picture given but it's there to help you. Obviously, your quality of writing is much more important than whether you accurately describe the picture, so you can make things up to help your creativity.
In terms of description, try zooming in or out on things, you can include action as long as it's not a list of actions (because that becomes more narrative). If we stick to the field example, you might choose to describe the field, then zoom in on a bird as it flies to a city nearby, then describe the city. As long as there's more description than action, I don't think there's any issue with including movement, especially as it increases cohesion and flow in your writing.
Don't feel too scared for tomorrow, question 5 is a gift as it allows you to write about pretty much whatever you want, what matters is how you present it, so just make sure to use language features and paragraphing, good luck for tomorrow tho!

if you haven't already started, i wouldn't recommend writing out a story. Instead you should think of a description

Who is ready

how long should the creative writing be is about 1000 words okay?

However much you can write in 45 minutes - there's not really a set minimum, but quality is always better than quantity (as long as you write like at least a page). I'm sure people have gotten grade 9s with a page and a bit of really good writing. I'm also sure you won't be counting your words as you write, and the examiner certainly won't be either 😅

Which question is that for??