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    #32
    PrecariousNuts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 761 ✭✭✭PrecariousNuts


    Yeah but Kavanagh is off the course this year and its his centenary too!


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    #33
    Seifer
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    I like hyphenating words that seem like two seperate words.
    The english study must be getting to you if you're noticing things like that...


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    #34
    senordingdong
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    Originally posted by Healio
    And id say Derek Mahon is more of a definite than Kavnagh, as Mahon hasnt been asked yet and he is not on the course for next two years at least!!!

    If your gonna plan like that...the best option is to study Plath, Dickinson, Woordsworth and Hopkins.
    This covers you from all angles.


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    #35
    Healio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Healio


    im not really a fan of wordsworth, i havent done plath or hopkins, im lookin for either kavanagh, mahon or dickinson.


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    #36
    orangerooster
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    My Eng. teacher said "look to the ladies".Either shes punning Macbeth or she meant Plath and Dickinson.


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    #37
    Mutant_Fruit
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    literary genre is the easiest

    Yeah right! Maybe for your stories it is, but when you have a 2 plays and a film, litery genre becomes quite difficult. With a film you are expected to be able to talk about camera angles etc. Not that easy to do.

    Generally what people remember best is the themes (such as Love etc). Everyone can remember examples of love, but not always where the low panning camera angle was used.

    Theme or issue is generally quite straight forward, and requires little or no thinking when actually doing the question. A bit of preparation before hand, and a good idea of the 2 main themes/issues in your texts are all you need to know.


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    #38
    conZ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭conZ


    To cover yourself completely in Poetry, do Dickinson and Plath - a lady poet comes up each year, and do two out of Kavanagh, Mahon and Heaney - an Irish poet comes up each year also,... afaik :)


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    #39
    CuLT
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    Haha, I love this "definately coming up" crap; the amount of waffles people eat seems to increase the closer they get to exams...


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    #40
    Healio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Healio


    well for me literary genre is the easiest im doing:

    Plough and the stars
    An Evil Cradling
    Strictly Ballroom


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    #41
    Nala
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭Nala


    Originally posted by subway_ie
    So where'd you plagiarise all that from?

    It's all experience.


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    #42
    Nala
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭Nala


    Originally posted by CuLT
    Haha, I love this "definately coming up" crap; the amount of waffles people eat seems to increase the closer they get to exams...

    Yeah, we were told Donncha Bán was DEFINITELY coming up for Higher Irish-by a teacher who's usually accurate at these things-and it didn't.


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    #43
    Healio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Healio


    well i had mt last class with the english today, he reckons mahon, dickinson, kavanagh and wordsworth. He also thinks a joint question on macduff/banquo will come i.i the roles they play.


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    #44
    claire h
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    Originally posted by Healio
    well i had mt last class with the english today, he reckons mahon, dickinson, kavanagh and wordsworth. He also thinks a joint question on macduff/banquo will come i.i the roles they play.

    My teacher said pretty much the same thing - Hopkins instead of Wordsworth, but all the rest is identical. This must be a Sign, right? ;)


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    #45
    subway_ie
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    All the english teachers in our school are concentrating on Dickinson, Wordsworth and Kavanagh. Makes me regret not doing Kavanagh now. I think I'll be sticking with Dickinson as my main poet.


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