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So you want to study Literature...
Your Literature AS course focuses on modern Literature and your theme is the Struggle for Identity.
You will complete two coursework essays: one on a modern novel - 1000 words and the second piece will compare two plays - 1500 words.
The exam comprises two questions.
Section A - The contextual Linking question where you are presented with a non- fiction extract to analyse. You will also have to link to this extract by comparing and contrasting with your wider reading in prose, drama and poetry.
Section B - Poetry. You will study one poet's work and you will answer one question from a choice of two. You are allowed to take clean copies of the poetry into the exam with you.
Wider reading is very important in this course. You will study 4 full texts with your teachers and lots of extracts, but you MUST read for yourselves as well in order to get the best grades.
You will complete two coursework essays: one on a modern novel - 1000 words and the second piece will compare two plays - 1500 words.
The exam comprises two questions.
Section A - The contextual Linking question where you are presented with a non- fiction extract to analyse. You will also have to link to this extract by comparing and contrasting with your wider reading in prose, drama and poetry.
Section B - Poetry. You will study one poet's work and you will answer one question from a choice of two. You are allowed to take clean copies of the poetry into the exam with you.
Wider reading is very important in this course. You will study 4 full texts with your teachers and lots of extracts, but you MUST read for yourselves as well in order to get the best grades.
Monday, 7 June 2010
Tackling Duffy in the Exam
Section B Duffy Question:
9. Use quotations . And remember the effect on the reader!
10. Make sure you get marks for three AOs:
SO DON'T BRING IN YOUR WIDER READING
- Spend 1 hour on this section. Alternatively, as the Contextual Linking Section is more difficult, you could give 1 hour 10 mins to section A and leave 50 mins for Carol Ann.
- Underline key words in the question to focus your answer. Apparently most marks are lost at AS from students not answering the question, or trying to force fit the question they wanted as opposed to the one given.
- You can make notes, scribble quotations etc in your answer booklet.
- DO NOT WRITE IN YOUR CLEAN COPIES OF 'THE WORLD'S WIFE'. The invigilators have been instructed to note down the names of any students who do and you will be invoiced.
- The examiners like to see a brief plan. 5 key points is ok.
- Read the question carefully. Use all key words in the introduction to your essay and focus your answer all the way through.
- If the question asks: " How is this poem key to the collection?" make sure you use the poem named in the question and move out from that poem to consider other poems which show:
- characteristic themes
- characteristic style - image choices, language choices, recurring devices - word play, use of rhyme, colloquial language, use of form, the use of monologue
- And remember it's all about giving a voice to women and rewriting the 'stories' which shape us as human beings: fairy tale, myth, legend, biblical stories, his...story, stories told in contemporary culture - the media
9. Use quotations . And remember the effect on the reader!
10. Make sure you get marks for three AOs:
- A01 Communication. Use appropriate terms, construct a coherent argument
- A02 FORM, STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE and how they shape meaning
- A03 Compare and contrast with other poems in the collection and remember the very important second part of A03 - ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS by other readers.
SO DON'T BRING IN YOUR WIDER READING
Poetic Techniques
I think I gave you all a copy of this before, but it's quite useful. I found it somewhere so credit to whoever wrote it...
Poetic Techniques
Poetic Techniques
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