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Last English Lit exam

Hi, I sat my English lit paper 2 for Aqa and answered the extract question for section A and the poetry question for section B, but unfortunately had a panic attack during the exam due to being overwhelmed with the timing.

So I did another section B question and one from section c - the other one from section c I was barely able to finish!!

Am I going to fail because it got to the point where I couldn’t really plan my answers as I rlly thought I was gonna run out of time.

The rest of my exams went really well tho!

Reply 1

it all depends on how the answer you gain was structured and how detailed it was to achieve those higher grades, some people don't plan these answers and still manage to achieve those high grades so you honestly still have a chance to do really well

best of luck in your exam

rose

Reply 2

Original post by royaltyroses
it all depends on how the answer you gain was structured and how detailed it was to achieve those higher grades, some people don't plan these answers and still manage to achieve those high grades so you honestly still have a chance to do really well
best of luck in your exam
rose
Yes that’s true. Unfortunately I remember it being really rushed, but I wrote something and that’s what matters!

SO WORRIED about the English grade boundaries tho, they are too high and my anxiety tells me I’m gonna fail all my a levels just cause of one paper😂*

Reply 3

Original post by Pennylee8106
Yes that’s true. Unfortunately I remember it being really rushed, but I wrote something and that’s what matters!
SO WORRIED about the English grade boundaries tho, they are too high and my anxiety tells me I’m gonna fail all my a levels just cause of one paper😂*

im very sure you won't, you gave it a go and that's way more than a lot of people do, and who knows, you could have wrote the best thing yet on that paper

Reply 4

Original post by royaltyroses
im very sure you won't, you gave it a go and that's way more than a lot of people do, and who knows, you could have wrote the best thing yet on that paper
Tbh for years, I have been very obsessed with revising and the thought of failing my a levels is so scary.

Out of curiosity for English lit paper 2, would I be able to only resit that paper instead of the marks from paper 1?

Reply 5

Hi !! This sounds so stupid but during both my English papers instead of writing the question number in the left hand white boxes in pink margin i wrote it in the lined big box for writing then just my answer after it. Will it still be marked? I just did it out of force of habit. I did it for all questions but I labelled the questions rlly specifically just not in right place lol

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Original post by Flower-koala
Hi !! This sounds so stupid but during both my English papers instead of writing the question number in the left hand white boxes in pink margin i wrote it in the lined big box for writing then just my answer after it. Will it still be marked? I just did it out of force of habit. I did it for all questions but I labelled the questions rlly specifically just not in right place lol
I’m sure you’ll be absolutely fine best of luck!!!

Is it just me or are you worried about the English lit grade boundaries?

Reply 7

Original post by Pennylee8106
I’m sure you’ll be absolutely fine best of luck!!!
Is it just me or are you worried about the English lit grade boundaries?


Omg same!! Like I got grade 9 twice in mocks but my teacher is a generous marker I can't believe we have to wait until almost end of August for results

Reply 8

Original post by Pennylee8106
Tbh for years, I have been very obsessed with revising and the thought of failing my a levels is so scary.
Out of curiosity for English lit paper 2, would I be able to only resit that paper instead of the marks from paper 1?

If a question like wat was the role of a character in the novel.wat do they mean and wat do they base on to understand the question

Reply 9

How could I write my essay if asked like that

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