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help how do I get a 9 in english lit as someone who is very uncreative/unperceptive and has to learn analysis to do well (Ik it's not ideal)
I'm freaking out cuz I've got allll of Jekyll and Hyde + aic to even come up with anything for 😭
I got an 8 in my yr 11 mock
Original post by indyra
help how do I get a 9 in english lit as someone who is very uncreative/unperceptive and has to learn analysis to do well (Ik it's not ideal)
I'm freaking out cuz I've got allll of Jekyll and Hyde + aic to even come up with anything for 😭
I got an 8 in my yr 11 mock

Revise key quotes for all of the character and themes in a play and then do word level grade 9 analysis on them linking to context
Original post by indyra
help how do I get a 9 in english lit as someone who is very uncreative/unperceptive and has to learn analysis to do well (Ik it's not ideal)
I'm freaking out cuz I've got allll of Jekyll and Hyde + aic to even come up with anything for 😭
I got an 8 in my yr 11 mock

to add on, practice writing essays, by having the memory of writing a well-written essay, it should helpfully correlate to you on the exam saying being able to write a semi decent, well flowing one.

you also need to think wider and have great ideas, your ideas. then with those ideas, dive deeper in analysis and why. why has the writer/poet arranged it in that way, what does the language tell you, is there a deeper meaning. by having slightly unusual points in your essay is a refresher compared to the hundreds of responses a person may mark.
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Original post by jacksmith23
to add on, practice writing essays, by having the memory of writing a well-written essay, it should helpfully correlate to you on the exam saying being able to write a semi decent, well flowing one.
you also need to think wider and have great ideas, your ideas. then with those ideas, dive deeper in analysis and why. why has the writer/poet arranged it in that way, what does the language tell you, is there a deeper meaning. by having slightly unusual points in your essay is a refresher compared to the hundreds of responses a person may mark.

thanks!
tho quick question: aside from writer's intention + deeper meaning, what does an analysis actually include cuz mine are usually too language heavy and when it's not, it seems too much like a summary of the play so idk what to do
Original post by indyra
thanks!
tho quick question: aside from writer's intention + deeper meaning, what does an analysis actually include cuz mine are usually too language heavy and when it's not, it seems too much like a summary of the play so idk what to do



you analyse the quote, how things are arranged, what certain characters do or are a microcosm of, what themes embody certain characters. all of this needs to be in line with your the question at large
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Original post by indyra
help how do I get a 9 in english lit as someone who is very uncreative/unperceptive and has to learn analysis to do well (Ik it's not ideal)
I'm freaking out cuz I've got allll of Jekyll and Hyde + aic to even come up with anything for 😭
I got an 8 in my yr 11 mock


Mr everything and English is the best btw I watched the jekyl and Hyde summary last week and got it in 1 hour without reading the book

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