GCSE english language help

Tysmmmmm this is acc so helpfullll 💕💕💕💕im doing aqa, basically q2 is an 8 marker abt how the writer uses language for a desired purpose or wtv in paper 1 but paper 2 is abt similarities vs differences in the two extracts we get given on the day 😭🫶.

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MillieeM2

You could try YouTube, there are some videos about how to structure your answers on there and exemplars on the exam website

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by I.F.L.Y

Hiii, I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to revise for English language.
I don’t understand how to do the Q2 on both papers and I can’t write Q5 properly either I’m not sure what to do. I want to get a grade 8 at least, I used to be able to but now I’m working at grade 5 and 6 ✋😭.
And I’ve heard that your supposed to come in with a story for Q5 on P1 already prepared if that’s true does it work and how did you make your plan 😭🫶

I got 4 marks of full marks in my story. Have a story planned in your head before your enter the exam. Make that story adaptable to the question. Make sure you include all literacy devices ( list them out and tick of as you go) make a cyclical structure, use speech, use different sentence lengths, use a list , use a range of vocabulary. If you need anything message me. Im also dyslexic and managed this so nothing is stopping you to.

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Motivation frfr tyyy 😭🫶, how did u manage to make an adaptable story though thats smth I can’t do liek if I make a story in the spot it’s not good enough either but I don’t want the plan to be so vague that it’s not got anything interesting inside for the examiner to award me marks 😭😭😭

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tbh my story is nothing amazing. My template is over 30-45 mins where i describe my character doing something in extreme detail whilst making the plot semi-decent.

example:

start:
all was quiet when
boy walks from road into big house ( describe from road to ring of doorbell)

middle
boy goes inside house ( describing inside house/ what you can see / smell / taste / hear )

end

goes into basement / cupboard never to be seen again . ( describe how it happens etc)

and quiet was restored...

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rowan_12194

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by I.F.L.Y

Hiii, I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to revise for English language.
I don’t understand how to do the Q2 on both papers and I can’t write Q5 properly either I’m not sure what to do. I want to get a grade 8 at least, I used to be able to but now I’m working at grade 5 and 6 ✋😭.
And I’ve heard that your supposed to come in with a story for Q5 on P1 already prepared if that’s true does it work and how did you make your plan 😭🫶

I'm in y10 and we just did our mock (only paper 1 and we haven't looked at paper 2 yet) and I was 2 mark off a 9. I did a description for Q5 and got 33/40 (although the image we got was really good). I focussed on coming up with useful phrases and vocab for different things (eg. description of trees in different moods). For question 2 I struggled but got 7/8 and honestly I'm not sure how so I can't help you there 😭

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by tom47234912348

tbh my story is nothing amazing. My template is over 30-45 mins where i describe my character doing something in extreme detail whilst making the plot semi-decent.
Example:
Start:
All was quiet when
boy walks from road into big house ( describe from road to ring of doorbell)
middle
boy goes inside house ( describing inside house/ what you can see / smell / taste / hear )
end
goes into basement / cupboard never to be seen again . ( describe how it happens etc)
and quiet was restored...

aaaa tyyyyyy 😭🫶

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by rowan_12194

i'm in y10 and we just did our mock (only paper 1 and we haven't looked at paper 2 yet) and i was 2 mark off a 9. I did a description for q5 and got 33/40 (although the image we got was really good). I focussed on coming up with useful phrases and vocab for different things (eg. Description of trees in different moods). For question 2 i struggled but got 7/8 and honestly i'm not sure how so i can't help you there 😭

wait but like idk how to even do the desc question like we litt were enver taught 😭💔💔💔???

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Guys helpp I’m on a grade 3+ but im predicted a 4 i wanna at least get a 5 or 6 because im on a 5 for literature

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Like what if I get a source and I don’t know what words to analyse and dig deeper into what am I meant to do?? 😭😭

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rowan_12194

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by I.F.L.Y

wait but like idk how to even do the desc question like we litt were enver taught 😭💔💔💔???

like have you never done it in class before - I would have had no clue what I was doing if we hadn't😭 we did a couple before our mock. my English teacher said always do a description because it's harder to go off topic. there are probably some example answers online.

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by I.F.L.Y

wait but like idk how to even do the desc question like we litt were enver taught 😭💔💔💔???

you don’t need to be taught. watch mr bruff / mr salles on youtube.

when your write it before on the side of the page you need to write down every literacy device u can think of eg simile , metaphor .

and make sure you use them all in the story the more the better and use different punctuation and sent event structures and you’ll get a 7 and up.

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What if we don’t know what words to analyse on how to dig deeper?

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by T_albeity

What if we don’t know what words to analyse on how to dig deeper?

English language sources A and B for example

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