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Can someone pls mark my English aqa gcse language paper 1 q5

Hi guys, I would rlly appreciate if someone could mark and give me some feedback for my response Crooked and curved, a motley array of boundless mountains dominate the landscape, watching the tranquil turquoise lake underneath and the swarms of people darting around on the dock, like bees in a hive united with 1 purpose: to relish an afternoon of relaxation and bliss.

Sublime, scorching, sempiternal —the sun asserts it's hegemony over the sky, its fierce light radiating in all directions. Like a blazing furnace, it pours heat and energy across the world, its golden rays stretching endlessly to touch everything beneath. Each beam is a vital spark: animating the people on the dock with strength and driving the rhythm of their daily lives with its perptual, routine.

On the lake, a boat patiently sits on the dancing waves, highlighted with vibrant colours - crimson red, ivory white and fluorescent yellow. A fisherment launches his hook into the lake, penetrating the crashing waves and reaching the oasis of still water below, inundated with shoals of fish. One with his name one it... A catch! He reels, staggers, clutches the fishing rod and with injected intense eyes stares at the water to observe the prize he has won. With his last ounce of might, he spins the fishing rod as fast as a helicopter propeller, finally raising his prize above the water and proving his dominance over the sea, a skill developed over decades.

Behind him, an army of trees stand firm and strong watching him like spectators in the Roman Colosseum watching prey getting hunted by a superior species. The trees dance in the wind, there branches moving forwards and backwards, orchestrating a symphony of rustling leaves and nature's power while simultaneously taciturnly judging the humans from afar for their lust of relaxation and greed.

On the dock, crowds of locals sit down, dangly their feet into the crystal clear water which assaults and crashes into the docks. Despite being dilapidated and decrepit - to the locals - the dock is perfect. Whilst the weather might frequently change or people get fired from jobs, the dock sits there, patiently waiting to complete it's mission and provide a source of solace in their fickle lives.


As the clock hand gradually ambles towards it's zenith, the sun retreats, allowing the darkness to creep, slowly overpowering the sky with its suffocating grip and sending the locals scurrying to their homes. Like a ravenous beast, it devours the last rays of light, its inky tendrils spreading steadily across the horizon. The shadow is a thief, a consuming force, stealing the warmth from the earth and halting the pulse of human activity with its relentless reign. Sinister, silent, somber...

Reply 1

Original post by Neel16
Hi guys, I would rlly appreciate if someone could mark and give me some feedback for my response Crooked and curved, a motley array of boundless mountains dominate the landscape, watching the tranquil turquoise lake underneath and the swarms of people darting around on the dock, like bees in a hive united with 1 purpose: to relish an afternoon of relaxation and bliss.
Sublime, scorching, sempiternal —the sun asserts it's hegemony over the sky, its fierce light radiating in all directions. Like a blazing furnace, it pours heat and energy across the world, its golden rays stretching endlessly to touch everything beneath. Each beam is a vital spark: animating the people on the dock with strength and driving the rhythm of their daily lives with its perptual, routine.
On the lake, a boat patiently sits on the dancing waves, highlighted with vibrant colours - crimson red, ivory white and fluorescent yellow. A fisherment launches his hook into the lake, penetrating the crashing waves and reaching the oasis of still water below, inundated with shoals of fish. One with his name one it... A catch! He reels, staggers, clutches the fishing rod and with injected intense eyes stares at the water to observe the prize he has won. With his last ounce of might, he spins the fishing rod as fast as a helicopter propeller, finally raising his prize above the water and proving his dominance over the sea, a skill developed over decades.
Behind him, an army of trees stand firm and strong watching him like spectators in the Roman Colosseum watching prey getting hunted by a superior species. The trees dance in the wind, there branches moving forwards and backwards, orchestrating a symphony of rustling leaves and nature's power while simultaneously taciturnly judging the humans from afar for their lust of relaxation and greed.
On the dock, crowds of locals sit down, dangly their feet into the crystal clear water which assaults and crashes into the docks. Despite being dilapidated and decrepit - to the locals - the dock is perfect. Whilst the weather might frequently change or people get fired from jobs, the dock sits there, patiently waiting to complete it's mission and provide a source of solace in their fickle lives.
As the clock hand gradually ambles towards it's zenith, the sun retreats, allowing the darkness to creep, slowly overpowering the sky with its suffocating grip and sending the locals scurrying to their homes. Like a ravenous beast, it devours the last rays of light, its inky tendrils spreading steadily across the horizon. The shadow is a thief, a consuming force, stealing the warmth from the earth and halting the pulse of human activity with its relentless reign. Sinister, silent, somber...

Hi. I was just wondering which prompt you used.

Reply 2

Original post by Neel16
Hi guys, I would rlly appreciate if someone could mark and give me some feedback for my response Crooked and curved, a motley array of boundless mountains dominate the landscape, watching the tranquil turquoise lake underneath and the swarms of people darting around on the dock, like bees in a hive united with 1 purpose: to relish an afternoon of relaxation and bliss.
Sublime, scorching, sempiternal —the sun asserts it's hegemony over the sky, its fierce light radiating in all directions. Like a blazing furnace, it pours heat and energy across the world, its golden rays stretching endlessly to touch everything beneath. Each beam is a vital spark: animating the people on the dock with strength and driving the rhythm of their daily lives with its perptual, routine.
On the lake, a boat patiently sits on the dancing waves, highlighted with vibrant colours - crimson red, ivory white and fluorescent yellow. A fisherment launches his hook into the lake, penetrating the crashing waves and reaching the oasis of still water below, inundated with shoals of fish. One with his name one it... A catch! He reels, staggers, clutches the fishing rod and with injected intense eyes stares at the water to observe the prize he has won. With his last ounce of might, he spins the fishing rod as fast as a helicopter propeller, finally raising his prize above the water and proving his dominance over the sea, a skill developed over decades.
Behind him, an army of trees stand firm and strong watching him like spectators in the Roman Colosseum watching prey getting hunted by a superior species. The trees dance in the wind, there branches moving forwards and backwards, orchestrating a symphony of rustling leaves and nature's power while simultaneously taciturnly judging the humans from afar for their lust of relaxation and greed.
On the dock, crowds of locals sit down, dangly their feet into the crystal clear water which assaults and crashes into the docks. Despite being dilapidated and decrepit - to the locals - the dock is perfect. Whilst the weather might frequently change or people get fired from jobs, the dock sits there, patiently waiting to complete it's mission and provide a source of solace in their fickle lives.
As the clock hand gradually ambles towards it's zenith, the sun retreats, allowing the darkness to creep, slowly overpowering the sky with its suffocating grip and sending the locals scurrying to their homes. Like a ravenous beast, it devours the last rays of light, its inky tendrils spreading steadily across the horizon. The shadow is a thief, a consuming force, stealing the warmth from the earth and halting the pulse of human activity with its relentless reign. Sinister, silent, somber...

Personally I'd give it 18 + 15 but I'm a student so this may not be accurate. It's really good, but I don't know how you would have done if handwritten. I'd suggest using shifts in time or place maybe even some speech.
Well done.

Reply 3

Original post by suave-chlorophyl
Personally I'd give it 18 + 15 but I'm a student so this may not be accurate. It's really good, but I don't know how you would have done if handwritten. I'd suggest using shifts in time or place maybe even some speech.
Well done.

Thanks for the feedback, I did it from that classic picture of the guy sitting on the dock staring into tho lake which has mountains behind. I did this in a mock today with like 40min, just thought I would memorize it as I had like a spare 2 mins

Reply 4

Original post by suave-chlorophyl
Personally I'd give it 18 + 15 but I'm a student so this may not be accurate. It's really good, but I don't know how you would have done if handwritten. I'd suggest using shifts in time or place maybe even some speech.
Well done.

I did this as the description task, would u still have shifts in time or place and speech cause we were taught to imagine ur in the picture and ur describing a freeze frame

Reply 5

You have a really good memory.
From what I've been told your q5 doesn't necessarily need to be just a description since most people will start it as a description before it goes off into a narrative.
They're both marked the same way so it's really just a matter of preference.
With shifts it's also a matter of preference like I personally would have done a shift in time where it may be a dry desert rather than the lake in present day as a comparison.
There's really a lot you can do with this, you could have written the description as a flashback before shifting to the man staring at a picture, but that may be just me.
I just love taking the pictures out of context in such a way that I can write a description very loosely connected to the image, so it meets the requirements just barely. I guess that's why I suggested shifts since they offer you more creative freedom in a way.
But you don't necessarily need to add shifts if you feel it takes away from your description.

Reply 6

Original post by Neel16
Hi guys, I would rlly appreciate if someone could mark and give me some feedback for my response Crooked and curved, a motley array of boundless mountains dominate the landscape, watching the tranquil turquoise lake underneath and the swarms of people darting around on the dock, like bees in a hive united with 1 purpose: to relish an afternoon of relaxation and bliss.
Sublime, scorching, sempiternal —the sun asserts it's hegemony over the sky, its fierce light radiating in all directions. Like a blazing furnace, it pours heat and energy across the world, its golden rays stretching endlessly to touch everything beneath. Each beam is a vital spark: animating the people on the dock with strength and driving the rhythm of their daily lives with its perptual, routine.
On the lake, a boat patiently sits on the dancing waves, highlighted with vibrant colours - crimson red, ivory white and fluorescent yellow. A fisherment launches his hook into the lake, penetrating the crashing waves and reaching the oasis of still water below, inundated with shoals of fish. One with his name one it... A catch! He reels, staggers, clutches the fishing rod and with injected intense eyes stares at the water to observe the prize he has won. With his last ounce of might, he spins the fishing rod as fast as a helicopter propeller, finally raising his prize above the water and proving his dominance over the sea, a skill developed over decades.
Behind him, an army of trees stand firm and strong watching him like spectators in the Roman Colosseum watching prey getting hunted by a superior species. The trees dance in the wind, there branches moving forwards and backwards, orchestrating a symphony of rustling leaves and nature's power while simultaneously taciturnly judging the humans from afar for their lust of relaxation and greed.
On the dock, crowds of locals sit down, dangly their feet into the crystal clear water which assaults and crashes into the docks. Despite being dilapidated and decrepit - to the locals - the dock is perfect. Whilst the weather might frequently change or people get fired from jobs, the dock sits there, patiently waiting to complete it's mission and provide a source of solace in their fickle lives.
As the clock hand gradually ambles towards it's zenith, the sun retreats, allowing the darkness to creep, slowly overpowering the sky with its suffocating grip and sending the locals scurrying to their homes. Like a ravenous beast, it devours the last rays of light, its inky tendrils spreading steadily across the horizon. The shadow is a thief, a consuming force, stealing the warmth from the earth and halting the pulse of human activity with its relentless reign. Sinister, silent, somber...

Tilf gives it 22+ 14 but it does tend to mark too generously so ...
https://tilf.io/evaluations/67632ba970f8e69b2dcf743d?shareToken=DLQeYf9gl9Yn3K-cK91uh for the full details

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