SQA Higher English Paper 2 - 7th May 2024 [exam chat]

does anyone know if for sst we need to analyse in reference to a technique or just the quote itself? I've asked like three English teachers and they all gave me different answers plus the marking schemes are so vague and I have no idea what I'm doing pls send help
oh yea and also hi I'm doing English maths physics chemistry and history aiming for a1s in all and I have a new gyg here feel free to follow along if you like for like a month or however long it is and good luck everyone

What's a gyg and ur questions is so vague

describes it in this thread https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7531901
I mean for example, if you had a sentance you wanted to analyse right, is it necessary to say you're specifically analysing say word choice for one of the words in that sentance, instead of just analysing what the sentance suggests as a whole, since marking instructions don't analyse specific techniques and I have received different answers to this that can't all be true

Hey all!! Does anyone have time management tips for the essays? I have a structure and a few quotes in my head but it takes me 50mins-1hr to finish one I actually like! I managed to finish my prelim essay and a past paper one I did but I felt really awful about them so much that i had to apologise to my teacher LOL - ended up getting an A on both (the one I said sorry for was somehow one of my best???) so idk what the panic was for but I'm terrified of feeling like that on exam day because I won't know my results for months, unlike with school prelims! Any advice is much appreciated because i am SCARED OF RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

get rid of unnecessary quotes/analysis in your essay. A lot of people write too much for no reason, its not about quantity its about quality

Tbh, i'm actually worried about not having enough quotes 😢. I had plenty last year (at least 1 per paragraph) but I only manage to fit in a few this year - i can't remember many of the long, important quotes (I'm doing F451, so if anyone else is doing it I mean Beatty's monologues lol) word for word, but i can reference them easily. Could I get away with references most of the time? It would save a hell of a lot of time memorising extra quotes.

how long are peoples critical essays and what mark did they get for it?? because i feel like mines is too long but i feel if i shorten it ill drop marks

my prelim essay was about 1100 words and scored 19/20, only had 5 quotes and 3 paragraphs but a lot of analysis

also congratulations 19/20 is amazing

my prelim essay was about 1100 words and scored 19/20, only had 5 quotes and 3 paragraphs but a lot of analysis

the great gatsby, the setting is really easy to talk about

the great gatsby, the setting is really easy to talk about

Ive never tried a settign question, never got taught it either, I just do charcter or theme