OCR A-level English Literature Paper 2 (H472/02) - 5th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

just did paper 1, any predictions for the gothic?? I am doing Dracula and the Bloody Chamber is anyone doing the same? good luck with everyone's exams!!!

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maheen001

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Does anyone have predictions for dystopia? I feel like hardly anyone does it 😔

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Original post by GiulsJ

just did paper 1, any predictions for the gothic?? I am doing Dracula and the Bloody Chamber is anyone doing the same? good luck with everyone's exams!!!

i do the same texts !! hoping for something nice like taboo/the forbidden but i feel like those have come up too frequently. maybe it could be something like violence? how did you find paper 1?

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summerph

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Has anyone got good advice for paper 2 American literature 1880-1940, I hate doing the american unseen, feel like i just waffle on a bit and don't speak on literary devices enough.. anyone got advice on how to do it accurately and how much to comment on? thanks :smile:

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maymay22

Paper 1 was blessed, anyone got any paper 2 predictions for the gothic? Im doing Dracula and outer dark n literally no one does outerdark 😭

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Original post by halesjs

i do the same texts !! hoping for something nice like taboo/the forbidden but i feel like those have come up too frequently. maybe it could be something like violence? how did you find paper 1?

meh it was alright, what about you? and yeah same i am hoping the questions to be good 😭

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Original post by GiulsJ

meh it was alright, what about you? and yeah same i am hoping the questions to be good 😭

yeah paper 1 was kind of meh for me too - like nothing went wrong but i feel like my writing style was a lot weaker than usual. i thought the comparative question options were really nice though.

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KlaudiaKMB

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Original post by GiulsJ

just did paper 1, any predictions for the gothic?? I am doing Dracula and the Bloody Chamber is anyone doing the same? good luck with everyone's exams!!!

I’m doing the same!! Honestly this is my weaker paper so I have no clue

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eleanorrose1

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Original post by GiulsJ

just did paper 1, any predictions for the gothic?? I am doing Dracula and the Bloody Chamber is anyone doing the same? good luck with everyone's exams!!!

i am! tbh i don't have any predictions as of yet but im hoping something on gender, traditional roles/stories or societal structure.
for the gothic how many links of a03 to other stories would you do in total? also do you link aspects of the gothic passage to dracula and tbc? my teacher says not too as they're our set texts but i've seen exemplars do it successfully so i wonder why she told us to not. its kinda annoying if we can't but i get not linking the gothic solely to them alone

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Original post by eleanorrose1

i am! tbh i don't have any predictions as of yet but im hoping something on gender, traditional roles/stories or societal structure.
for the gothic how many links of a03 to other stories would you do in total? also do you link aspects of the gothic passage to dracula and tbc? my teacher says not too as they're our set texts but i've seen exemplars do it successfully so i wonder why she told us to not. its kinda annoying if we can't but i get not linking the gothic solely to them alone

i saw a full mark exemplar that linked to TBC multiple times on the ocr website and that seemed to be fine so i'd presume so. i guess it just has to be a good link, and so obvs if its relevant i think it would be ok. i usually do 1 or 2 links per paragraph but tbh context doesn't make up that much of the unseen so i don't think much more than is needed.

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KissBliss

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Original post by Pwca

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Does anyone have any recommendations on how they memorise quotes? I do Dracula and The Bloody Chamber btw. Should I do it based on Theme? Chronological order or by each short story? By characters? Or should I have some general quotes that I can just chuck in if the questions are all niche?

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Original post by KissBliss

Does anyone have any recommendations on how they memorise quotes? I do Dracula and The Bloody Chamber btw. Should I do it based on Theme? Chronological order or by each short story? By characters? Or should I have some general quotes that I can just chuck in if the questions are all niche?

i make generic essay plans for themes that are likely to come up in some regard + then blurt them. i find it sticks in my head more this way bc then im learning the quotes in context, so they're not just random words.

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Original post by eleanorrose1

i am! tbh i don't have any predictions as of yet but im hoping something on gender, traditional roles/stories or societal structure.
for the gothic how many links of a03 to other stories would you do in total? also do you link aspects of the gothic passage to dracula and tbc? my teacher says not too as they're our set texts but i've seen exemplars do it successfully so i wonder why she told us to not. its kinda annoying if we can't but i get not linking the gothic solely to them alone

i would do as many ao3 links as possible, like at least twice in each paragraph... i personally link gothic conventions to the texts since, well, it is kinda the genre lol - it could score ao1 or ao2 points so

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Original post by KissBliss

Does anyone have any recommendations on how they memorise quotes? I do Dracula and The Bloody Chamber btw. Should I do it based on Theme? Chronological order or by each short story? By characters? Or should I have some general quotes that I can just chuck in if the questions are all niche?

i do by theme personally, it feels easier and i feel more confident when planning out essays

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