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Leaving Cert '11/'12 Off-Topic 2

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    #4742
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Does anyone on here who’s repeating (or just knows in general), what was the 3rd mode that didn’t come up on English Paper 2 last year? Was it General Vision or Literary Genre?


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    #4743
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Wesc. wrote: »
    Btw I think Key Notes is awful for the comparative!

    I pretty much bought it specifically for the comparative...

    The notes on it are brilliant, all you have to do is take out the headings and you've immediately got plenty of comparisons!



    @PictureFrame I checked last year's Key Notes there - it was general vision and viewpoint. :eek: I was full sure it was literary genre!


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    #4744
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Key Notes saved my life for the comparative, it makes it so straightforward <3


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    #4745
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Togepi wrote: »
    I pretty much bought it specifically for the comparative...

    The notes on it are brilliant, all you have to do is take out the headings and you've immediately got plenty of comparisons!



    @PictureFrame I checked last year's Key Notes there - it was general vision and viewpoint. :eek: I was full sure it was literary genre!
    omg. So General vision will more than likely come up this year?


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    #4746
    bobjimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭bobjimmy


    theme and cultural context cam up last year. Lit Genre wasnt on the course. V+V was on the course but didnt come up


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    #4747
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    PictureFrame wrote: »
    omg. So General vision will more than likely come up this year?

    I hope so!


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    #4748
    Wesc.
    Registered Users Posts: 715 ✭✭✭Wesc.


    Togepi wrote: »
    I pretty much bought it specifically for the comparative...

    The notes on it are brilliant, all you have to do is take out the headings and you've immediately got plenty of comparisons!



    @PictureFrame I checked last year's Key Notes there - it was general vision and viewpoint. :eek: I was full sure it was literary genre!

    Oh the comparison points are handy all right, I just find the sample answers horrendous :P I mean, if you look at them all they do is summarise, with a comparison in very rarely. But yeah the points they give are good, I just like to make up my own too because half the country use that book :P


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    #4749
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Wesc. wrote: »
    Oh the comparison points are handy all right, I just find the sample answers horrendous :P I mean, if you look at them all they do is summarise, with a comparison in very rarely. But yeah the points they give are good, I just like to make up my own too because half the country use that book :P

    Ah ok, I never use the sample answers! :P

    And yeah, I sometimes throw in an extra comparison or two if I can think of them. I just used those notes to make my own better notes. :D


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    #4750
    c28omzk7ihsxv0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 878 ✭✭✭c28omzk7ihsxv0


    In HMMB Whatever you do don't try to write about a gay subplot!!!


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    #4751
    finality
    Registered Users Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    Re: key moments, they're REALLY important in a comparative! You can actually say pretty much anything is a key moment. Whenever I refer to ANY moment, I say it's a key moment.

    e.g. "in a key moment, Michael describes Rory's ability to understand him as a "gift"."

    "in the key moment where Michael begins to gain some independence and a sense of freedom by misusing the collection money"

    "in the key moment when Michael is rejected by Siobhan"

    "the key moment that is the return of Father Jack"

    "in the key moment when Chris excitedly speaks to Michael about Gerry Evans"


    Basically, odds are, if a moment is important enough to be mentioned in an essay it's probably a key moment.


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    #4752
    Hayezer
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Hayezer


    About Biology, can I still get the A1 without any plants? I know the plant experiments and thats it really, completely zoned out for the month we did all the plant stuff :L


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    #4753
    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    Theme/Issue will be on :D I can feel it :p


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    #4754
    finality
    Registered Users Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    Hayezer wrote: »
    About Biology, can I still get the A1 without any plants? I know the plant experiments and thats it really, completely zoned out for the month we did all the plant stuff :L

    You can probably avoid plants on the paper but I'd imagine it'd seriously limit your choices. I like plants, the questions are usually really nice.


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    #4755
    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    Hayezer wrote: »
    About Biology, can I still get the A1 without any plants? I know the plant experiments and thats it really, completely zoned out for the month we did all the plant stuff :L

    I would advise against it "/


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    #4756
    Manic2
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭Manic2


    Regarding plants, I think the paper this year is going to be a bit awkward and make plants 2/3 parts of the choice questions, meaning you will have to answer it. :/


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    #4757
    skyscraperblue
    Registered Users Posts: 747 ✭✭✭skyscraperblue


    My dad says he's taking me out for dessert on Tuesday night so I won't just be sitting home stressing :D


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    #4758
    finality
    Registered Users Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    YeaaahFaoiSin wrote: »
    Theme/Issue will be on :D I can feel it :p

    I think so too! I have a feeling on Thursday I'll see theme/issue and literary genre smiling up at me and I'll be all

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    #4759
    FinnD
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭FinnD


    Learning 20 essays off in 2 days, is it possible? :/


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    #4760
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    FinnD wrote: »
    Learning 20 essays off in 2 days, is it possible? :/

    No, not really. And if you do your essays won't flow naturally with the question and you probably won't do well. Know your texts well and you can answer any question.


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    #4761
    Cruel Sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭Cruel Sun


    Somebody please reassure me, Plath will come up. Right?


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    #4762
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    Hoping for GVV comparative, it's the only one I've done an essay on :eek:


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    #4763
    leaveiton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭leaveiton


    Hayezer wrote: »
    About Biology, can I still get the A1 without any plants? I know the plant experiments and thats it really, completely zoned out for the month we did all the plant stuff :L

    I'd at least learn plant reproduction if I were you. Quite straightforward really and comes up nearly all the time.

    I'm wondering should I bother with Literary Genre? I know Theme and GVV quite well, but we only did LG in the last couple of weeks and it seems like such a waffle. But then I'm thinking that if it's GVV/Theme and LG on the paper I'll limited. And I'll be even more limited because I've always done the 70 mark questions, I've never ever done a 30 + 40 and don't really want to risk it on the day.


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    #4764
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    Can you write your comparative last?
    I spend ages writing mine I don't know how long it'll take me it's usually very long. I was going to do Hamlet and the poetry section then do the comparative after. Or do I need to answer it in order?


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    #4765
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    Mysteriouschic wrote: »
    Can you write your comparative last?
    I spend ages writing mine I don't know how long it'll take me it's usually very long. I was going to do Hamlet and the poetry section then do the comparative after. Or do I need to answer it in order?

    Write it in any order you want.
    100% sure of that.


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    #4766
    Wesc.
    Registered Users Posts: 715 ✭✭✭Wesc.


    Eathrin wrote: »
    Hoping for GVV comparative, it's the only one I've done an essay on :eek:

    I'm the same! Thing about theme and issue is, the questions can vary a good bit! But in GVV, it's practically the same every year, I have a really good essay for it learnt off so hopefully it'll come up :)
    And literary genre I haven't even bothered to look at :P


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    #4767
    Cruel Sun
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    Mysteriouschic wrote: »
    Can you write your comparative last?
    I spend ages writing mine I don't know how long it'll take me it's usually very long. I was going to do Hamlet and the poetry section then do the comparative after. Or do I need to answer it in order?

    I think you can do it in any order, I'm doing the Plath (hopefully) question first, then the Hamlet question then the Comparative.


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    #4768
    FinnD
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭FinnD


    Eathrin wrote: »
    FinnD wrote: »
    Learning 20 essays off in 2 days, is it possible? :/

    No, not really. And if you do your essays won't flow naturally with the question and you probably won't do well. Know your texts well and you can answer any question.
    Thats mostly geograpby, only learning 5 essays for English


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    #4769
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    I still have a few poetry essays to write Heaney and Boland and Kavanagh I haven't even studied his poems but my teacher gave me sample answers. I half studied Larkin like in the revision course they went through him . I'm just relying on sample answers at this stage and just changing it to make it more personal. I have Plath and Rich written my Heaney essay wasn't the best. Who is more likely to come up Larkin or Kavanagh?


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    #4770
    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    Definitely doing Hamlet last. Hate it. For my comparative I love The Great Gatsby and Casablanca but Dancing at Lughnasa is awful in my opinion. Not too fussy about doing Theme/Issue or GV&V but I didn't cover the other mode :)


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    #4771
    skyscraperblue
    Registered Users Posts: 747 ✭✭✭skyscraperblue


    Right, I've decided. Forget having a definite choice, I hate Heaney and can't write about him - five poets it is.


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